Hamster Office Manga Emergency

Goal: Create a black-and-white vertical manga page about an absurd office emergency involving a tiny hamster employee and a confused young salaryman.

Canvas: Tall vertical manga page in grayscale, about 2:3 aspect ratio, with thick black outer border and four stacked horizontal panels separated by bold gutters.

Visual style: Detailed Japanese seinen manga line art, screentone shading, clean office perspective, expressive faces, dramatic speed lines and jagged speech balloons. High contrast in the final panel. No color.

Setting: A modern open-plan Japanese office with rows of desks, desktop monitors, keyboards, binders, shelves, partitions, windows, fluorescent corporate atmosphere, and paperwork. The hamster has a miniature office setup on the desk.

Main subjects: Use exactly three recurring characters: 1) a young Japanese male office worker in a dark suit, white shirt, striped tie, short black hair, seated at a large desk with a desktop computer; 2) a small fluffy hamster, cute but serious, seated in a tiny office chair at a miniature desk with tiny monitor, keyboard, paperwork, and office supplies; 3) an angry middle-aged male boss in a suit and tie, glasses, stern face, seated or standing at a rear desk. The young worker is {argument name="character name" default="a young Japanese salaryman"}; the hamster is {argument name="hamster role" default="a tiny hamster office worker"}; the boss is {argument name="boss role" default="an angry middle-aged department manager"}.

Panel layout and action, exactly 4 panels:
1. Panel 1, calm establishing shot: the young worker sits at the right foreground typing at his computer, looking mildly concerned toward the hamster on the left foreground. The hamster sits at its tiny chair and miniature desk on top of the main desk. The boss sits in the background behind them, looking annoyed at his monitor. Office binders stand at the far right edge.
2. Panel 2, sudden command: the boss in the background explodes with anger, shouting from a jagged speech balloon with dramatic burst lines. The young worker recoils in surprise, mouth open and sweat drop, hands near the keyboard. The hamster looks up from its mini desk. Add small handwritten sound effects near the hamster and worker. Large Japanese text in the jagged balloon: 「今すぐヤ〇トの集荷呼べ！！今日中！！熊本に支援物資を送るから！！」. Add sound effect text 「びくっ」 near the startled reactions.
3. Panel 3, explanation and escalation: the boss leans forward screaming with a huge jagged balloon on the left reading 「はぁ!?」. The young worker turns back anxiously toward the boss, sweating, with a rounded speech balloon on the right saying 「く、熊本ですか……？配送ストップしてると思いますが……」. The hamster types quickly at its tiny keyboard, with a rounded speech balloon saying 「はい、どの配送会社も熊本への配送は全域ストップしてます」 and small typing sound effect 「カタカタカタ」.
4. Panel 4, bleak punchline: the background becomes mostly black with heavy shadows. A wall clock near the top center shows about 6:30. The young worker is on the right, pale and exhausted, blank white eyes, sweat drops, expression of helpless dread. The hamster is on the left behind its tiny keyboard, also with blank white eyes, paws resting on the desk. A huge jagged speech balloon at upper left reads: 「そんなの無理を通してこい！！話せばどっかしら受け取ってくれるだろ！！片っ端から当たれ！！」. The final mood is deadpan horror and workplace absurdity.

Text constraints: Preserve the Japanese dialogue exactly as shown above. Use bold hand-lettered manga lettering. Keep the censored company reference as 「ヤ〇ト」, not a real brand. Do not add extra captions, logos, watermarks, or page numbers.

Composition constraints: The page must contain exactly four panels, exactly three recurring characters, one miniature hamster workstation, one normal workstation for the young worker, and one wall clock visible only in the final panel. Emphasize the contrast between the cute hamster and the grim, overworked office drama.