「日陰者(ひかげもの)として蔑まれようとも、あなたの子を一人で産み育て、古い道徳と戦い抜く」という覚悟

In the ending of 'The Setting Sun,' Kazuko, having overcome the deaths of Naoji and her mother, wrote a final letter to Uehara. She declared strongly: 'Even if I am despised as a social outcast under the old morals, I will give birth to and raise your child alone. My child and I are victims of the revolution fighting against the old morality.' Portraying the combative beauty of life shining within perishing beauty, it stands as the monumental masterpiece of Dazai's literature.