Having lost Tamaki, Takuboku abandons poetry to write a novel in an attempt to change society. He asks Natsume Souseki to look at it, but receives no praise. Even with Sonobe right in front of him, Takuboku is unable to avenge Tamaki and it sends him into despair. He tricks Kyousuke into giving him money so he can head to the pleasure district to devote himself to debauchery where fellow literary men Yoshii and Sakutarou clash with him. Drowning in hopelessness, mind, body, and heart utterly destroyed, Takuboku is surprised to find Bokusui wandering in his direction. Where does Takuboku decide to go when he hears Bokusui's poem? Meanwhile, Kyousuke...
The time I spent here with you
 all those years ago...
الوقتُ الذي قضيتُه معك هنا طوال تلك السّنوات
Auch wie ich meine Zeit
früher mit dir hier verbracht habe.
En el pasado
pasé mucho tiempo contigo aquí.
En el pasado
pasé mucho tiempo contigo aquí.
Autrefois,
on vivait ici tous les deux.
In passato abbiamo trascorso qui del tempo insieme,
O tempo que passei com
você todos esses anos...
Время, когда-то проведённое здесь с тобой...