However, in later years, the different view that she had been writing for a long period of time was presented eagerly, which was based on the idea that to finish writing such a long story is supposed to take a long time and the fact that there is a clear difference of the writing style between the former and latter part of the story.
しかしその後、これほどに長い物語を書き上げるためには当然長い期間が必要であると考えられるだけでなく、前半部分の諸巻と後半部分の諸巻との間に明らかな筆致の違いが存在することを考えると執筆期間はある程度の長期にわたると考えるべきであるとする説が強く唱えられるようになってきた。