In the final scene of one such story, he crawls through the snow to the Kira-tei Residence, suffering from lung disease, and dies outside the walls, coughing up blood and hearing his fellows' roars of triumph from within.
肺病を患い、雪の中を這いつくばりながら吉良邸に向かい、塀の外から勝ちどきの声を聞きながら血を吐き、息果てる物語等がある。