At the plenary meeting of the Kyoto prefectural assembly which was the last assembly for Ninagawa, Hiromu NONAKA, a member of the prefectural assembly, likened the meeting to "children hurling themselves at a yokozuna (grand champion of sumo wrestling)" and the session hall to "a lecture room of the professor Ninagawa" in his speech.
蜷川にとって最後の京都府本会議で、府議会議員であった野中広務は『横綱に子供が飛びかかる光景』、『議場が蜷川教授の教室』と例えた演説を行った。