The reasons Ogai was targeted include the fact he overly criticized the Navy's soldier food reform, relied on logic and the academic authorities too much and sympathized with Ishiguro, his superior officer in the Sino-Japanese War.
鴎外への批判が起こった理由として、海軍の兵食改良を批判しすぎたこと、論理にこだわりすぎて学術的権威に依拠しすぎたこと、日清戦争時の上官の石黒に同調したことが挙げられる。