After World War II, Takanori KOJIMA rapidly became less popular due to the disapproval of the Kokoku Shikan (emperor-centered historiography), and consequently, disputes came to the end virtually as people no longer talked about this theory.
第二次世界大戦後、皇国史観が否定されると児島高徳の知名度も著しく低下する事となり、これと同時に実在否定説が主張されることもなくなり、事実上この論争は終息したと言ってよい。