It is said that at the moment when OISHI came to confirm death of SANO, SANO was revived to slash at OISHI (In the theory that he was barbarously killed by OISHI, it is said that SANO, at the moment when his belly was pierced with a spear by OISHI, rallied his last bit of strength and drew his sword to slash at OISHI and injured him).
佐野は、大石が検死にやってきた時に一旦甦り、大石に斬りかかったと言われる（大石に惨殺されたとする説では、佐野は大石に槍で腹を刺し抜かれたが、必死の抜打ちで、大石に手傷を負わせたと言われている）。