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.
for a dream of a thousand years."
".حلماً لألف عام
Auf die 1.000 Jahre, die einem Traum gleichen.
Un milenio de ensueño así.
Un milenio de ensueño así.
une éternité vécue
comme dans un rêve. »
un millennio da sogno...
Por um sonho de mil anos
о тысяче лет, похожих на сон».