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...
Isn't it a little too soon to come home 
with your dreams in tatters?
أليس من المُبكِّر كثيراً على العودة
إلى الدِّيار وأحلامك مُمزَّقة؟
Ist es vielleicht etwas zu früh,
mit geplatzten Träumen zurückzukehren?
Creo que es pronto
para volver con tus sueños rotos.
Creo que es pronto
para volver con tus sueños rotos.
Il est trop tôt pour revenir
désillusionné, tu ne crois pas ?
Ma non è un po' troppo presto per tornarci
Não é cedo demais para voltar
com os sonhos desmantelados?
Не рановато ли для возвращения
 к пустому корыту?