On the other hand, some praise Nobutada for dying fighting as a busho rather than escaping, saying it was not clear whether he could escape at the moment he was in the battle and that he might have thought a busho of Mitsuhide AKECHI's calibre couldn't have overseen the escape.
一方で戦場に臨んだ時点では逃走可能かは不明であり、明智光秀ほどの武将が逃走を許すはずがないと判断したともいわれ、逃走するより武将らしく戦って散った信忠を評価する声もある。