Takuboku collapsed after coughing up blood. Kayo brings him a client named Tamaki. Takuboku turns down the request once, but fascinated by Tamaki's perspective on life and death, and androgynous charm, he takes the case. Tamaki had a deep connection to the "bat-man," the acrobat, Kagami, but, because of the accident that caused Kagami's death, Tamaki is now being threatened by Kagami's younger brother. Meanwhile, Kyousuke can't restrain his anxiety for Takuboku who is writing poems that smell of death.
I hear death by drowning 
is quite excruciating,
سمعتُ أنَّ الموت بالغرقِ ألمه مبرح جدّاً
Es heißt, dass Ertrinken
ein ziemlich qualvoller Tod sei,
Dicen que la asfixia es muy dolorosa.
Dicen que la asfixia es muy dolorosa.
Se noyer est, paraît-il,
très douloureux,
Si dice che la morte per annegamento sia parecchio dolorosa.
Ouvi dizer que morte por
afogamento é excruciante,
Говорят, смерть от утопления мучительна,