The magazine, however, slowly acquired a tendency towards literary contents and literary writers such as Ningetsu ISHIBASHI, Tokoku KITAMURA, Tokuboku HIRATA, Bimyo YAMADA, Fuchian UCHIDA, Unpo ISOGAI, Tenchi HOSHINO became contributors of articles.
しかし、次第に文芸的な内容へ傾き、石橋忍月や北村透谷や平田禿木や山田美妙、内田不知庵や磯貝雲峯や星野天知などの文筆家陣によって執筆されることとなる。