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.
The son of the Uchimoto steamship 
company seems to have killed someone.
يبدو أنَّ ابن شركة أوتشيموتو للبواخر قتلَ شخصاً
Der Sohn von Uchimoto-Dampfer
soll jemanden umgebracht haben.
El heredero de los barcos de vapor
Uchimoto mató a alguien, ¿no?
El heredero de los barcos de vapor
Uchimoto mató a alguien, ¿no?
L’héritier des bateaux à vapeur Uchimoto
aurait tué quelqu’un.
Si dice che il figlio dell'illustre famiglia
della Piroscafi Uchimoto abbia ucciso qualcuno, vero?
Parece que o herdeiro da empresa
Uchimoto de navios a vapor matou alguém.
Похоже, сын владельца 
«Пароходов Утимото» кого-то убил.