Page job:
Introduce Leo, show the floating junk market, reveal the robot, and end with the map hook.
Panel 1:
Purpose: establish the world
Shot type: wide establishing shot
Location: Floating Junk Market
Characters: Leo as a small figure near a repair stall
Action: stacked salvage platforms hang above open sky while people move across narrow bridges
Emotion: adventurous, busy, slightly unstable
Background anchors: hanging cables, warning flags, pulley crates, open sky
Dialogue/caption: Caption: "The market floated high enough that broken things sometimes fell for minutes."
Continuity notes: keep the market above open sky; use dusty gray, faded yellow, rust orange
Generation prompt: wide cinematic manga panel of a floating junk market above open sky, stacked salvage platforms, hanging cables, warning flags, pulley crates, small repair stall, busy but readable background, no readable text
Panel 2:
Purpose: show Leo's normal pressure
Shot type: medium shot
Location: Floating Junk Market repair stall
Characters: Leo
Action: Leo tightens a screw on a wheezing machine as smoke puffs from the wrong side
Emotion: anxious focus, embarrassed determination
Background anchors: tool bench, patched metal, canvas awning, warning flags in distance
Dialogue/caption: Leo: "Almost fixed. Probably."
Continuity notes: Leo has messy black hair, copper clip, tan utility jacket, cheek bandage, dented screwdriver
Generation prompt: medium manga panel of Leo, nervous apprentice repair kid, tightening a screw on a damaged machine at a floating market repair stall, smoke puff, anxious focus, preserve copper hair clip, cheek bandage, tan utility jacket, dented screwdriver
Panel 3:
Purpose: introduce the trigger
Shot type: detail shot
Location: repair stall floor
Characters: Leo's hand only
Action: a dented delivery crate clicks open by itself beside Leo's boot
Emotion: quiet surprise
Background anchors: scratched metal floor, crate latch, loose bolts
Dialogue/caption: SFX: click
Continuity notes: keep crate dented and old; avoid extra characters
Generation prompt: close detail manga panel of a dented delivery crate on scratched metal floor beside a worn boot, latch opening by itself, loose bolts, tense quiet moment, no readable text
Panel 4:
Purpose: make the discovery emotional
Shot type: close-up
Location: repair stall
Characters: Leo, tiny robot
Action: the tiny robot looks up from the crate and repeats a voice Leo recognizes
Emotion: shock, hope, fear
Background anchors: crate edge, tool shadows, soft sky light
Dialogue/caption: Robot: "Leo?"
Continuity notes: Leo's face should show recognition; keep robot small and simple
Generation prompt: close-up cinematic manga panel of Leo staring at a tiny robot inside a dented crate, shocked expression, hopeful fear, soft daylight, tool shadows, preserve Leo's face details and outfit anchors
Panel 5:
Purpose: add danger
Shot type: low angle
Location: Guard Checkpoint Bridge near the market
Characters: guard silhouettes, Leo at the foreground edge
Action: red signal lights switch on across the bridge while guards turn toward the repair stall
Emotion: danger, exposure, urgency
Background anchors: steel gate ribs, red warning lights, narrow bridge
Dialogue/caption: Guard: "Seal the bridge."
Continuity notes: checkpoint uses red warning lights; keep guards as silhouettes
Generation prompt: low angle manga panel of a narrow guard checkpoint bridge, steel gate ribs, red warning lights turning on, guard silhouettes looking toward market repair stall, tense atmosphere, no readable signs
Panel 6:
Purpose: end with a hook
Shot type: over-the-shoulder
Location: repair stall looking toward open sky
Characters: Leo, tiny robot
Action: the robot projects a map line toward an unlisted platform below the market
Emotion: mystery, impossible choice
Background anchors: open sky, hanging cables, faint silver route line, distant pale arches
Dialogue/caption: Caption: "The map pointed down, to a place the market said did not exist."
Continuity notes: show Leo holding the dented screwdriver; make the map visual but avoid readable words
Generation prompt: over-the-shoulder manga panel of Leo holding a tiny robot as it projects a glowing map line toward an impossible hidden platform below a floating market, open sky, hanging cables, distant pale arches, mysterious silver light, no readable text
