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Originally Posted by Randrak42
Canon: Created by the author (or acknowledged as canon by the author) and fits into the canon plot.
Non-Canon: Created by someone other than the author and not acknowledged by him as canon (may or may not fit the canon plot)
Semi-Canon: Created by the author (or acknowledged by him) using canon characters, places, events but doesn't fit the main canon plot.
This is overly simplified but it's something like this...Z fits the Semi-Canon bill because it both doesn't fit the main plot (there is no place in the manga where it could have happened currently) and Oda himself said it's not canon, however Z is a canon character to the OP world (much like Shiki) as well as his backstory and such.
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Zephyr mentioned that the guy who cut off his arm has become a shichibukai. I'm guessing that guy is semi-canon and we might get a movie that might take place after Dressrossa or further featuring this guy.