物理学者の(ぶつりがくしゃの)野々宮(ののみや)、友人の(ゆうじんの)与次郎(よじろう)、文学教師の(ぶんがくきょうしの)広田先生(ひろたせんせい)

Arriving in Tokyo, Sanshiro is overwhelmed by the massive scale of the city, the noise of the streetcars, and the sight of people moving busily. At the university, he meets and is stimulated by the eccentric physicist Nonomiya, the talkative, Westernized friend Yojiro, and the literature teacher Mr. Hirota, who is called the 'Great Darkness'.