User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-78.4.96.213-20180721163242/@comment-28884330-20180723172501

@Bennia The problem comes with Born and the light novel contradicting each other in terms of events. Therefore, by saying BorN is canon the consequence would be that the novel is not canon. You can't have both be canon at once because they contradict each other (Unless Ishibumi pulls a Nasuverse in which everything is real due to multiverse stuff).