Although it is a popular story in Kabuki and Ningyo Joruri that one protects his or her lord at the sacrifice of his or her own child, some audiences feel strange about it.
子を犠牲にして主君を守る筋書きは歌舞伎・人形浄瑠璃の常套ではあるが、違和感を覚える観客もいる。