Late November, second year of college
Horiki's Insult and Tsuneko's Poverty
Yozo brings Horiki to the café where Tsuneko works. Horiki, drunk, refuses to kiss her, calling her 'poverty-stricken.' This brutal judgment shocks Yozo, who suddenly sees Tsuneko as a fellow sufferer and feels a genuine, positive love for her for the first time. He drinks heavily, vomits, and passes out, waking in Tsuneko's room.