自らの世間知らずさや度胸のなさを痛感し、これからの生活への不安を募らせた。

On the train heading from Kumamoto to Tokyo, Sanshiro Ogawa felt nothing but longing and anxiety toward the metropolis. Along the way, he was forced to share a room with a woman he happened to travel with, which made him acutely realize his own innocence and ignorance of the world. The woman's blunt words, 'You are quite a cowardly person, aren't you?' pierced deeply into Sanshiro's heart. The new life about to begin would undoubtedly be full of unknown challenges for him.