Tavola Manga Noir con Criceto

Vertical manga page with an accidental surreal-comedy tone: a late-night private study where an elegant young man has a dramatic noir mystery conversation with a cute hamster. Black-and-white print manga texture with subtle cool blue-gray tinting in hair, faint red-gray eyes, fine screentone shading, and crisp black gutters. Exactly 8 panels in a dense vertical layout: Panel 1: Full-width cinematic establishing shot at top; traditional Japanese-style study at midnight with shoji window grids, rainy dark garden with hydrangeas outside, stacked books, wooden drawers, a glowing rectangular lantern, and [an elegant mysterious young man] seated at his desk smoking. Panel 2: Medium close-up of [a tiny round gray-and-white hamster with glossy black eyes, small paws, and a confused innocent expression] peeking over the desk edge. Panel 3: Right close-up of the man's face, holding a smoking pipe or long cigarette holder near his lips. Panel 4: Left medium shot of the man reclining, holding the hamster in his hand while smoke curls upward. Panel 5: Narrow central hamster reaction panel. Panel 6: Right close-up of the man gently holding the hamster near his face. Panel 7: Full-width horizontal strip with an extreme close-up of the man's eyes and hair. Panel 8: Full-width dramatic final panel with a pitch-black background, floating white petals, fluttering butterflies, delicate smoke trails, and the man smiling teasingly behind an open folding fan. Character details: [an elegant mysterious young man], early twenties, androgynous bishonen features, pale skin, long tousled [dark blue-black] hair falling over one eye, dangling earrings, layered dark kimono robe, refined hands. The hamster looks innocent and perplexed, contrasting absurdly with the melodramatic shojo-seinen noir atmosphere. Text & Sound Effects: Vertical Japanese manga speech bubbles and narration boxes containing: "[深夜の私設書庫にて。 / こんな時間まで付き合ってしまったね。 / おや、君はまだ起きていたのかい？ / ふふ、その驚いた顔も可愛いねぇ。 / き、君のせいじゃないのか!? / 君のせい、というわけでもないよ？ / ほら、こうして… / けれど、君がいてくれると夜更けも退屈しない。 / ……さて、そろそろ本題に入ろうか。 / 今夜の議題は、君の処遇だよ。 / 夜は、まだ始まったばかり。]". Subtle handwritten sound effects near the hamster and smoke. Constraints: Exactly 8 panels, exactly one human character, exactly one hamster, monochrome with subtle blue-gray and red eye tints, no modern UI elements, no watermark.