Planche de Manga Romance et Basket à Six Cases

A clean black-and-white Japanese manga page on off-white paper, formatted in a 2-column by 3-row grid with exactly 6 rectangular panels separated by thick white gutters. Monochrome ink, delicate screentone shading, fine cross-hatching, and crisp vertical Japanese speech bubbles. Characters: - Male Lead: [a slim teenage Japanese basketball player with messy short black hair, jersey number 7, athletic shorts, sneakers, and a shy earnest expression] - Female Lead: [a teenage Japanese schoolgirl with straight shoulder-length black hair and bangs, sailor-style school uniform, warm smile, sometimes holding a book or towel] Panel Layout: 1. Top-left: Indoor school gym, basketball hoop close to camera, polished floor reflections; the boy in jersey number [7] jumps for a layup, dynamic upward motion, with one vertical speech bubble. 2. Top-right: Outdoors by a chain-link fence, the boy stands with a backpack facing the girl holding books against her chest; calm, encouraging atmosphere, with one vertical speech bubble. 3. Middle-left: Dramatic low-angle close-up beneath the rim, basketball arcing toward the hoop with intense speed lines; the boy watches nervously, with one vertical speech bubble. 4. Middle-right: Bright school hallway with large windows; the smiling girl hands the boy a sports towel as he holds a water bottle looking flustered, with two vertical speech bubbles. 5. Bottom-left: Gym bleachers background; the boy crouches alone tying his shoe with an embarrassed, determined expression, a soft thought vignette of the girl glowing above him, with one vertical speech bubble. 6. Bottom-right: School courtyard in spring with drifting cherry blossom petals; the boy in his basketball uniform and the girl in uniform face each other with tender smiles, with two vertical speech bubbles. Text Content (in manga lettering across the 8 speech bubbles in panel order): [絶対もっと上手くなる！ / いっしょに頑張ってるね。 / やばい…なんかすごい意識しすぎ… / おつかれさま。 / あ、ありがとう…？ / もっと強くなって、ちゃんと想いを伝えたい。 / 好きです。付き合ってください。 / うん、よろしくね] Style & Constraints: Authentic shōnen romance manga aesthetic, monochrome ink only, dynamic speed lines, exactly 6 panels, boy's jersey number must be [7], speech bubbles fully contained within panels, no color, no external captions.