彼のこれまでの価値観を揺るがし、自分の存在の小ささを自覚させた。

What awaited Sanshiro upon his arrival in Tokyo was the hustle and bustle of a metropolis that was rapidly changing. Stepping onto the university campus, he met Nonomiya, a scientist immersed in Western learning, and Professor Hirota, who exuded an aloof atmosphere. Their intellect not only shook the values Sanshiro had cultivated in his hometown but was also more than enough to make him realize the smallness of his own existence.