In this chapter, the narrator laments the fact that his generation spent its youth in the "zunkto hood" after the "bubble economy collapsed" . He laments that society is "only an illusion" , and that people are dependent on men for everything they need. He compares his generation's love for music and movies to the fear of losing one's self in the face of uncertainty. The narrator explains that he is a man, and his fear of his own future is similar to that of his fiancee. He explains that his fiancee is completely different from the other people he has worked with in the past. The two men discuss the subject of love, and they agree that it is too late for them to be lovers. They decide to go to a restaurant together, and the narrator asks if they can meet the following week at night