Vertical portrait 9:16, Japanese anime illustration, single young antihero shown from chest up, composition close and intimate with the face occupying most of the frame. Body turned slightly away, shoulders tense but lowered, head turned back as if caught in a quiet pause after battle. Face in soft 3/4 view, chin lowered, eyes sharp yet exhausted with desaturated gray-violet irises and wet glossy highlights, expression pained but proud, lips parted slightly. Hair is white-blond with darker ash roots, messy and layered, several strands sticking to the forehead and cheek as if from sweat or wind. Skin is pale with faint scratches across the chee…