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.
But in the Arakawa mines case, 
more than the murder of Tatsukichi,
لكن في قضيّة مناجم أراكاوا، أكثر
،من مجرّد قتل تاتسوكيتشي
Aber auch bei Arakawa ging es weniger
um den Mord an Tatsukichi,
El asesinato de Tatsukichi no parecía
lo más importante.
El asesinato de Tatsukichi no parecía
lo más importante.
Cela dit, la fois précédente aussi
l’objectif semblait être
Però, anche nella storia delle Miniere Arakawa
Mas no caso das Minas Arakawa,
mais do que no assassinato de Tatsukichi,
Но в деле с рудниками, 
в отличие от дела Тацукити,