Are the kamen rider novels canon?

[Kamen rider sol]

Like the ooo novel?

 

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

Like the ooo novel?

I believe Kuuga and W's are. The rest are just retellings of the series with some new stuff thrown in (Ryuki, Kiva) or completely alternate realities (555, Hibiki) or just complete gibberish that somehow got published (Decade).

 

[Murphy]

Remembering the summaries for Decade's novel still gives me a good chuckl.e

 

[ooo5]

If it's by Inoue or if he's involved with it to any degree, then it's not canon and are basically re-tellings that give you a better appreciation for the original series and the fact that Inoue hasn't come back to Rider :shakefist.

But hey, if you like Inoue being Inoue then these books are perfect for you .

As far as I can tell, Kuuga, W, OOO, and Fourze are pretty much canon especially because they had a writer or someone involved with the show working on them and featured content that helped develop and explore those respective series'. You would think the same would apply to Inoue's books but they don't :sweat:

 

[Green Mario]

I believe Kuuga and W's are. The rest are just retellings of the series with some new stuff thrown in (Ryuki, Kiva) or completely alternate realities (555, Hibiki) or just complete gibberish that somehow got published (Decade).

At least that's show accurate. :thumbs: