A fact that the contents of "Chronicles of Japan" were unreliable may support the conclusion that its authenticity was unknown, but it cannot lead to such conclusions that the contrary to the descriptions of "Chronicles of Japan" was true or imaginations of advocates were true.
また、『書紀』の内容が信頼できないことからは、真偽不明という結論は導けても、そこから直ちに『書紀』の記述の反対が真実だとか、論者の想像が真実だとかいう結論は導けない。