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...
It's the wild pansy you bought 
while drunk about two months ago.
إنّها زهرة الثّالوث البرّية التي اشتريتها
بينما كنت ثملاً قبل شهرين
Die Stiefmütterchen, die du vor zwei Monaten
betrunken gekauft hast.
El pensamiento tricolor que compraste
hace dos meses estando ebrio.
El pensamiento tricolor que compraste
hace dos meses estando borracho.
Les pensées
Sono le viole del pensiero
É a tamareira selvagem que você
comprou bêbado dois meses atrás.
Это анютины глазки, которые
ты, напившись, купил два месяца назад.