Talk:Saitō Dōsan/@comment-209.172.76.146-20140620051527/@comment-94.175.151.35-20140622013714

During volume 5 and the volumes leading up to it the viper was revealed to have become infected by an unknown but fatal illness, he could've prolonged his life by avoiding battle, but nobody else was available to hold off the attack of Takeda's forces, he manages to repel them and Nobuna arrives just in time to see him in his final moments.