Thrilled by a friend's poetry collection, Takuboku begins to lose confidence in himself. Kyousuke tries to cheer him up, but when he finds out that Takuboku was involved in talks of someone buying Oen, the prostitute from the same province as them, he can't conceal his indignation. Meanwhile, at the milk hall, Yoshii, Sakutarou, and Bokusui hold a poetry contest, refereed by Nomura, to see who will confess their feelings to Kiku, the waitress.
It's only logical that a battle on love's 
pathway be settled through literature.
من الطبيعي لمعركة على طريقِ الحبّ
أن تُحسَم بواسطةِ الأدب
Wäre es da nicht logisch, wenn wir auch die Liebe
über die Literatur austragen?
Es lógico
que lo solucionemos mediante ella.
Es lógico
que lo solucionemos mediante ella.
il serait approprié
qu’elles déterminent aussi notre amour.
Non è quindi logico
gareggiare con essa anche per amore?
É natural que uma batalha pelo
amor seja decidida pela literatura.
Логично, что и сражаться за любовь
должны соответственно.