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.
Then why don't we settle this 
with our poems?
ما رأيكما أن نحسم هذه المسألة بقصائدنا؟
Wollen wir uns nicht mit Gedichten duellieren?
Compitamos con poemas.
Compitamos con poemas.
Dans ce cas,
affrontons-nous en poésie.
Perché
Então que tal decidirmos
com nossos poemas?
Почему бы нам не решить всё стихами?