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...
Just the sort of thing someone 
with no talent would say.
هذا كلامٌ يقوله شخصٌ بلا موهبة
Das kann ja nur von jemanden kommen,
der absolut kein Talent besitzt.
Típico de alguien sin talento.
Típico de alguien sin talento.
Une réplique typique
d’un homme dépourvu de talent.
Questo è proprio il modo di esprimersi
di una persona senza talento.
É o tipo de coisa que
alguém sem talento diria.
Слова того, кто лишён таланта.