Melancholy Night Street Manga Spread

This is a two-page spread of black-and-white comic strip with a cinematic and melancholic tone. Drawn in a highly detailed seinen manga style, it features realistic lighting effects, reflections on a wet pavement, dense overhead power lines, and a star-studded night sky above a quiet Japanese residential street. The spread is divided into four panels. The upper left panel is a wide-angle shot of an empty suburban street at night, showing low houses, walls, utility poles, glowing streetlights, and a slightly reflective road stretching into the distance. The lower left panel shows the back of a boy walking alone on the same street, wearing a dark school uniform blazer, white shirt, loose striped tie, and slim-fit trousers, carrying a crossbody bag; his posture conveys weariness and inner conflict. A vertically shaped Japanese speech bubble is included in this panel, displaying the text "やっぱり俺には". The top panel on the right page features a close-up of the boy's hand, nervously clutching his suit jacket or shirt lapel, accompanied by a hand-drawn Japanese onomatopoeic word, "Gyut...". The bottom panel on the right page is a frontal portrait of the same boy outdoors at night, from the chest up. He has messy, light-colored short hair, a slightly disheveled school uniform, and an emotional expression. A crossbody bag strap is visible, and the background is filled with soft, glowing nighttime light spots and stars. Next to him is a vertically shaped Japanese speech bubble with the text "Demo... I regret it." A flat, square gray overlay obscures the center of his face. At the bottom of the right page, a rectangular sidebar contains the Japanese text "Talent ni Dehuitteshimatta." The layout of the printed manga pages is shown, with white margins. Page numbers 17 and 18 are centered at the bottom of the left and right pages, presenting a neat book-like double-page effect. Maintaining an overall grayscale tone, the style is dramatic, introspective, and as refined as a published comic book volume.