The way Kanehira contradicts himself in this scene and the samurai spirit he expresses when he says, 'If a warrior's last moments lack grace, he disgraces himself for a long time even if he was very prominent when alive' demonstrate the painful sympathy Kanehira had for Yoshinaka in the situation he faced, as well as the beautifully strong relationship that existed between master and servant.
また、この場面の兼平の矛盾した言い方や、「弓矢取りは、年頃日頃如何なる高名候へども、最後に不覚しぬれば、永き瑕（きず）にて候なり。」の武士たる心構えを伝える言に、その情況に応じての、兼平の義仲への苦しいいたわりの気持ち、美しい主従の絆が書かれている。