親友の青木駿雄が二十五歳で自殺(じさつ)し、彼らの「美しき春の時代」が完全に終わった

Finally unable to bear it, his best friend Hayao Aoyagi cut short his own life at the young age of only twenty-five. At the tragically premature end of the genius poet, Sutekichi and other Bungakukai comrades were violently shocked, and their 'beautiful era of spring' came to an absolute end. The scene solemnly depicting the death of young idealism leaves a profound impression.