Gritty Sci-Fi Shoujo Manga Page

Goal: Create a vertical one-page sci-fi shoujo manga page in a gritty watercolor-and-ink style, featuring Zero and a pale gothic heroine in a ruined post-apocalyptic city as a mechanical dragon attacks.

Canvas: Tall portrait manga page, about 2:3 aspect ratio, with a thin black outer border, off-white paper tone, diagonal white panel gutters, rough ink texture, muted gray, lavender, beige, and dusty brown colors.

Layout: Use exactly 6 comic panels. Panel 1 is a large full-width establishing panel across the top half: collapsed urban ruins, rubble, smoke, broken skyscrapers, multiple armored soldiers, a white-haired cybernetic male soldier standing with a rifle, and a pale long-haired girl kneeling in the debris. Panel 2 is a lower-left close-up portrait of the girl with very long platinum hair, black gothic dress, cross necklace, and a flat beige censorship rectangle covering the center of her face. Panel 3 is a narrow upper-right action panel showing a heavy armored/mechanical leg or weapon crashing through debris with speed lines. Panel 4 is a small middle-right panel with a partial character close-up and another beige censorship rectangle covering the face. Panel 5 is a large bottom-left monster reveal: a huge biomechanical dragon or kaiju head roaring with jagged teeth, red mechanical eyes, plated armor, debris flying, and tiny human figures in the foreground. Panel 6 is a bottom-right action panel showing the white-haired armored male protecting or pulling the pale girl back while soldiers and mechanical debris surround them.

Characters: The male lead is a tall, slim, white-haired anime cyborg soldier in black tactical armor with silver mechanical limbs, holding a rifle, calm but alert. The heroine is a delicate pale teenage girl with very long flowing platinum-blonde hair, black frilled gothic outfit, lace details, cross pendant, fragile shoujo expression, and kneeling or being escorted through rubble. Include several background armored troops and ruined military figures, but keep them secondary.

Text content: Include vertical Japanese manga speech bubbles and sound effects. Use exactly 5 speech bubbles: 2 in the top panel, 1 in the girl close-up, 1 in the small middle-right panel, and 1 in the bottom-right panel. Suggested bubble text defaults: 旦那様の目が本物か、見つかるといいんだけど……, 危険区域だからな、足場に確保してもらいたいものだ, この気配まさか……？, ……何か、来るぞ。, ファンネリア！下がっていろ！. Add bold hand-drawn Japanese sound effects: a large red-black roar beside the monster and a dynamic impact sound across the bottom-right panel.

Visual style: Romantic shoujo manga character design mixed with dark military sci-fi, scratchy watercolor wash, dense pen hatching, dramatic diagonal composition, chaotic rubble detail, soft luminous hair, high-detail ruins, cinematic action, gritty texture rather than clean vector art.

Constraints: Keep the page black-and-white/muted color manga-like, avoid modern UI elements, avoid photorealism, no watermark, no English lettering, preserve the exact 6-panel layout and the two beige face-obscuring rectangles.