頭が(あたまが)真っ赤に(まっかに)燃える(もえる)ような炎天下の(えんてんかの)東京の(とうきょうの)街の中(まちのなか)

Daisuke tells Hiraoka, 'Please let me have Michiyo,' but Hiraoka is furious and snitches to Daisuke's father. Disowned by his father and abandoned by both family and friends, Daisuke loses everything. At the end of the story, to search for his true labor and love 'from then on,' he rushes out into the streets of Tokyo under a blazing sun that makes his head burn bright red. A peak masterpiece of Soseki's literature, depicting a youth who gained 'genuine independence' at the cost of social ruin.