There is another anecdote that when Kondo was still alive and visiting Okita in bed before setting out with the Koyo Chinbutai, the usually cheerful Okita on this occasion sobbed loudly.
これに先立って、甲陽鎮撫隊が出陣する際に近藤が沖田を見舞うと、普段は明るい沖田がこのときだけは声を上げて泣いたという。