Four-Panel Office Hamster Manga

Goal: Create a vertical black-and-white Japanese manga page about an absurd office crisis involving a hamster employee, drawn in detailed screentone line art.

Canvas: Tall vertical comic page, approximately 9:16, with a clean white border and four horizontal panels stacked from top to bottom. Use crisp manga ink lines, grayscale shading, halftone screentones, speed lines, exaggerated reaction faces, and dramatic speech bubbles. No color.

Setting: A modern open-plan office with desks, computer monitors, binders, filing cabinets, partitions, paperwork, pens, and fluorescent corporate lighting. Keep the environment consistent across panels.

Main subjects: Include exactly 3 recurring characters: 1 young Japanese male office worker in a dark suit, white shirt, striped tie, short black hair, seated at a desk with a monitor and keyboard; 1 angry middle-aged male manager in a dark suit and glasses, seated or standing at a rear desk, with a stern face that escalates into shouting; 1 fluffy hamster employee sitting on a tiny office chair at a miniature desk, with a tiny monitor, keyboard, papers, and office supplies. The hamster should look cute but serious, like a competent coworker.

Layout and panel action:
Panel 1: Calm office scene. The young office worker types at his computer on the right foreground, looking slightly concerned or distracted. The hamster sits at its tiny workstation on the left foreground. The manager is in the background behind another desk, watching sternly. No large dialogue in this panel.
Panel 2: The manager suddenly shouts from the background with a huge jagged speech bubble and intense speed lines. The young worker flinches in surprise with a small sweat mark and sound effect. The hamster remains at its tiny desk. Use exactly 1 large jagged speech bubble in this panel containing {argument name="manager first outburst" default="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！！"}.
Panel 3: The young worker turns toward the manager, anxious and sweating, while the hamster types rapidly at the tiny keyboard. The manager is furious in the background. Use exactly 3 speech bubbles in this panel: 1 large jagged bubble from the manager containing {argument name="manager shock line" default="はぁ！？"}; 1 rounded bubble from the young worker containing {argument name="worker delivery reply" default="く、熊本ですか……？配送ストップしてると思いますが……"}; 1 rounded bubble near the hamster containing {argument name="hamster delivery report" default="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"}. Add small typing sound effects near the hamster.
Panel 4: Dramatic dark background replaces the office, creating a surreal despair scene. A clock on the wall shows about 5:30. The hamster is at the bottom left behind its tiny keyboard with blank glowing eyes, and the young worker is at the bottom right with blank exhausted eyes, sweat drops, and a defeated expression. Use exactly 1 large jagged speech bubble on the left containing {argument name="manager final outburst" default="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！！"}.

Visible repeated elements to include: exactly 4 panels; exactly 3 recurring characters; exactly 1 tiny hamster workstation; exactly 1 normal foreground workstation for the young worker; exactly 1 rear manager desk; exactly 1 clock in the final panel; exactly 3 binders grouped on the young worker’s desk edge in the office panels.

Visual style: Authentic monochrome seinen manga, detailed office backgrounds, clean panel borders, expressive faces, dramatic jagged balloons, hand-drawn Japanese lettering, realistic perspective, high contrast in the final panel. Avoid color, avoid Western comic styling, avoid extra panels, avoid extra characters, avoid replacing the hamster with any other animal.