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Art style: Anime. Warm kitchen under hanging amber lamps. Medium shot: REN, crimson-tipped black hair, dark apron, stands at the counter with both hands flat on exactly one raw cutlet in a tray of golden panko. The steel fryer of bubbling oil sits at frame right. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image in the following art style: 2D anime cartoon animation — cel-shaded illustration, bold clean black outlines, flat anime shading, hand-drawn anime look with anime facial features and stylised non-realistic rendering of objects, food and environments. NOT photorealistic, NOT live-action, NOT a 3D render, NOT real footage. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Character identity reference (face, age, build and clothing only): - REN: REN, a stylish young-adult ramen chef in his mid-twenties. Lean athletic build, warm light-tan skin, sharp angular jaw, bright confident dark eyes, and tousled jet-black hair with an undercut and a swept side-fringe dyed deep crimson at the tips. A thin silver hoop in one ear. He wears a fitted charcoal-black chef's jacket with rolled-up sleeves revealing toned forearms, a slate-grey apron tied low, slim tapered black trousers, and a dark bandana knotted at his neck. Grippy black kitchen clogs on his feet. He stands in a confident poised stance, one hand resting on a gleaming cleaver at his hip, a faint knowing smirk. Behind him: a sleek minimalist Japanese kitchen of brushed stainless steel, dark ceramic bowls, drifting steam, and warm amber neon glow. The SCENE description determines the cast, number of people, actions, setting and framing. Include every character it calls for together in this scene; do not turn it into a solo character portrait. Reference images context (match the visual style and elements from these): - Night Ramen Kitchen (location): Anime style establishing shot of an empty, brightly lit ramen kitchen at night. Stainless steel counters glow under warm overhead spotlights, with matte black shelving holding bowls and jars behind. On the counter lie a wooden cutting board with a santoku knife resting on a bundle of whole green scallions, one small empty white ceramic bowl beside it, and one bamboo noodle basket of wavy noodles beside a steel cauldron of boiling water with light wisps of steam. Clean detailed background art, no people, no text.