NAGAKURA's series of works broke the stereotyped idea of considering Shinsengumi as 'a group of wicked murderers or evil envoy' and triggered a reconsideration of the Shinsengumi that is still ongoing to this day.
この永倉の一連の働きがその時までの「新選組は悪の人斬り集団、悪の使者」という人々の固定観念を突き崩し、現在に続く新選組再考のきっかけとなった。