自分が避けてきた現実を突きつけられ、心に暗い影を落とした

Daisuke's peaceful days began to waver with the return of his former close friend, Hiraoka, to Tokyo. Hiraoka had failed in business and was on the brink of ruin, burdened with debt. His haggard appearance and words pleading the hardships of life were more than enough to throw cold water on Daisuke's easy life as an idle intellectual. The sight of Hiraoka being tossed about by the rough waves of society was the very reality that Daisuke had continuously avoided, and it could not help but cast a dark shadow over his heart.