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.
There isn't a single decent person 
among the so-called upper class.
هذا لا يُعَدُّ حتّى شخصاً مُعتبَراً
بين ذوي الطبقة العُليا
Tra le persone cosiddette importanti
non c'è nessuno di decente.
Não tem uma pessoa
decente na classe alta.
Среди «сливок общества» 
нет приличных людей.