Gothic Monochrome Forest of Farewell

Vertical dark gothic anime illustration in a monochrome black, white, and muted silver palette. In a dense, dreamlike forest, [a pale young man] with [messy blond hair tied in a loose low ponytail], dressed in a black formal suit and white shirt, kneels or leans forward at the lower right. His head is bowed with quiet grief and tenderness as he extends one human hand to gently touch a skeletal hand reaching inward from the lower left, forming two focal hands: one living and one exposed bone. Thick shadowed foliage, drifting mist, scattered tiny white blossoms, and large white lilies fill the foreground, framed by a soft vignette and painterly bokeh blur at the borders. In the background, tall monochrome tree trunks stand like solemn pillars, with cold backlight diffusing through fog. A single narrow vertical Japanese inscription is etched onto a dark tree trunk near the upper center reading "[死は優しく手を引く——]". Elegiac, poetic atmosphere; fine ink-style linework, intricate floral rendering, high-contrast chiaroscuro, subtle film grain. No modern elements, no extra figures, no watermark.