Chou Wan-yao believes that reconstructing the history of that era is very important. Understanding how the Japanese colonial government tried to mold Taiwanese into Japanese, and how Taiwanese responded, can provide important clues to answering questions about the origin of "Taiwanese consciousness" currently being explored by historians.
周婉窈認為，重構這段歷史，對於我們瞭解日據時代殖民政府如何將「台灣人」塑造成「日本人」，當時台灣人如何回應等心態，對目前歷史界尚在爭論、探索的所謂「台灣人意識」的歷史源流問題，是很重要的線索。