<P> Noburu at first reveres Ryuji, but a chance encounter on the second day of their acquaintance changes his stance . Noburu and his friends have just come from Noburu capturing (and then the Chief vivisecting) a stray kitten, and he has lied about his whereabouts to his household . Ryuji has combatted the extreme heat by dousing himself with water . Noburu takes issue with what he perceives as an undignified appearance and greeting by Ryuji, although he is later thrilled by Ryuji recounting his voyages around the world . </P> <P> While Ryuji is sailing, he and Fusako exchange letters, and they fall deeply in love . Returning to Yokohama around the New Year, he moves into their house, lets the Rakuyo sail without him, and ultimately decides to marry Fusako (Fusako plans to install him in a managing position at Rex, after Ryuji passes a private investigator audit of his circumstances). This estranges him from Noburu, whose group resents fathers as a terrible manifestation of a terrible position . Noburu is nonetheless able to hide his true feelings behind a mask of youthful innocence . Noburu is discovered in his peephole position (for which he must crawl into his chest of drawers) but Ryuji does not punish him severely despite being asked to by Fusako . </P> <P> As Ryuji begins to draw close to Fusako, a woman of the shore, he is eventually torn away from the nautical dreams he has pursued his entire life . After an "emergency meeting" of the gang, the Chief determines that the only way to restore Ryuji to being a "hero" is to kill him in a similar manner to the kitten (they will use drugged tea to subdue Ryuji after luring him to a remote location under the guise of asking him for sea stories). The Chief expressly quotes from the Japanese criminal law to show that they, as individuals under 14, cannot be held criminally responsible for their actions . Their plan works perfectly; as he drinks the tea, Ryuji muses on the life he has given up at sea, and the no - longer - possible heroic life of love and death he has abandoned . The novel ends with the boys' plan being carried to completion . </P> <Ul> <Li> Glory and honour </Li> </Ul>

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