January Schedule

[frog hermit]

01/05 - 488 - Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise - The Last Man
01/12 - 489 - Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness: The Wing and the Cloud
01/19 - 490 - Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness: Dark Cloud
01/26 - 491 - Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness: Blindly

[AceAlpha]

So are these fillers or based on some other kind of side story? Sasuke Shinden was a much better story than usual filler material.

[frog hermit]

its "officially sanctioned" side stories.
not part of the original manga, takes place in-between chapter 699 and 700 of the manga, they still haven't animated chapter 700