In the latter half of Kajin no Kigu, the storyline began to reflect author's own experience of visitting Europe as a delegation member of Tateki TANI; gradually the focal point of the story shifted to the discussions on Korean Peninsula reflecting the friendship of the author with Kim Ok-gyun, or the arguments concerning the Triple Intervention after the Sino-Japanese War; in the end, the subjects of the story moved away from the reminiscencea of those beautiful female characters.
後半になると、作者自身が谷干城に随行してヨーロッパを視察したときの体験が混ざり、また金玉均との交友から朝鮮半島をめぐる議論や日清戦争後の三国干渉をめぐる議論が作品の主軸を占めるようになり、佳人の面影は作品からは遠ざかっていく。