But then what's the point of having Naruto be all grown up? The information said it clearly that it will be something to open up the final phase of the manga. By all logic, I just can't seem to see it as anything else that an epilougue/part 3. They don't need a movie if the manga is normally continuing.
Yes but that doesn't mean a whole P3 is coming it could also mean just a time skip , like I said this movie like every other movie so far can be just a different concept with the characters all grown up and even if it serves as an intro toward a time skip that doesn't mean its necessarily canon we still don't know the plot or have any more info on it . What if Naruto is all grown up and everybody are dead in this movie would that mean that its canon ? I sure wouldn't count it as such .
An epilogue is out of the question bc that means that the manga will be resolved in this movie and what that info says is that the manga will go in its final phase so it isn't an epilogue .
I don't get you last sentence what do you mean by that ? So far the manga has been running just fine and we still got movies once a year usually when an arc is finished in the manga that didn't mean that the manga is going to end or that its gonna have some changes in it .
My point was that its still not confirmed as canon and until then until we receive more info we shouldn't claim it as such as something that is definitive but we can still be open for all possibilities and debate them till then .