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Chapter 1: Sasuke Says No to the Sound Four

by @konyomistudios

Exactly 4 panels, left to right then top to bottom. P1 wide: moonlit Konoha training grove, bruised Sasuke kneels at a tree; the four Sound ninja surround him. P2: Sakon leans forward with a mocking open hand. P3: close-up of three black tomoe curse mark on Sasuke's LEFT neck, not mirrored; fingertips tremble. P4: Sasuke looks toward the distant village roofs, not at the offered hand. Line 1 in P2, line 2 in P4. Narrow top strip: CHAPTER 1 — MY OWN FEET.

Exactly 4 panels. P1: Tayuya stands with flute lowered at her side, contemptuous. P2: Sasuke looks down at his scraped palm. P3: close view of Sasuke shutting that hand into a fist. P4 wide: he struggles to his feet, four enemies still surrounding him. Line 1 P1; line 2 P3; line 3 P4. This is his refusal, not a sudden power-up.

Exactly 4 panels. P1: Sakon snaps forward to grab Sasuke's collar. P2: Kidomaru above on a branch stretches a thin web between two of his six arms, all limbs anatomically distinct. P3: Jirobo blocks the path with his broad body. P4: Sasuke ducks Sakon's first reach but hits the tree, clearly outmatched. Dialogue line 1 P1, line 2 P3. Tayuya stays off panel.

Exactly 4 panels. P1: Sasuke sees a hanging metal practice target beyond Jirobo. P2: he draws and throws one shuriken with his right hand. P3: the shuriken strikes the target hanging high over the grove, a visible spark and vibrations, NO sound-effect letters. P4: on a nearby village lane Sakura halts, hand at ear, looking toward the grove. Line 1 as Sasuke thought balloon P1; line 2 Sakura P4.

Exactly 4 panels. P1: Sakura runs toward Kakashi, who is returning along the lane with a small mission pack. P2: she points toward the trees. P3: Kakashi drops the pack and turns, alert. P4: back in the grove, a thin web traps Sasuke's wrist and yanks him off balance. Line 1 P1, line 2 P2, line 3 P3. Establish Kakashi nearby only because he has just returned, not secret surveillance.

Exactly 4 panels. P1: Sasuke on one knee, black flame-shaped curse markings spread down LEFT shoulder from neck; he has no wings or second form. P2: tight close-up of his clenched hands, a blade resting beside him. P3: instead of taking the blade for an attack, he presses his bare right palm against the earth to steady his breathing. P4: Kakashi's gloved hand catches Sakon's reaching wrist before it touches Sasuke; no strike or gore. Line 1 Sasuke thought P1, line 2 Sasuke P3, line 3 Kakashi P4.

Exactly 4 panels. P1 wide: Kakashi stands between Sasuke and Sakon, one kunai raised defensively; Jirobo signals retreat in the background. P2: Sakura, safely behind Kakashi, cuts the taut web on Sasuke's wrist with a kunai. P3: Sasuke accepts Sakura's forearm to stand, no romantic embrace. P4: the Sound Four withdraw into trees as distant anonymous Leaf silhouettes approach. Line 1 Kakashi P1; line 2 Sakura P2; line 3 Sasuke P3. No decisive defeat of the Sound Four.

Exactly 4 panels. P1: Sasuke on the village side of the grove beside Kakashi; Sakura watches the tree line. P2: Sasuke faces his teacher, exhausted but resolute. P3: Kakashi looks at the fading marks, serious. P4 wide low angle: retreating Sakon half-hidden in the trees, visible twin brother Ukon's sleeping head behind his shoulder; no grotesque extra arms. Line 1 Sasuke P1; line 2 Sasuke P2; line 3 Sakon P4. This is the last-page hook.

End of chapter 1

Sasuke Says No to the Sound Four

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