"The Masked Beginning"

📕 I'm Not Devil

Chapter 1: "The Masked Beginning"

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✅ PAGE 1

Panel 1:

Wide shot — a prestigious college campus in morning light. Students walking around.

Caption: "A new beginning… even for someone who never asked for one."

Panel 2:

Kataki (school bag on shoulder) quietly enters the gate, hoodie slightly over his head.

Caption: "No friends. No attachments. That was the rule."

Panel 3:

Close-up — his expression is blank but alert.

Kataki (internal): "People don’t care who you are. They care how they can use you."

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✅ PAGE 2

Panel 1:

Behind the college building, a group of boys are cornering a weak-looking boy.

Bully 1: "Say sorry, loser. Loud enough!"

Victim: "P-please... I didn’t mean to..."

Panel 2:

Kataki walks by. Stops. Looks silently at the scene.

Panel 3:

Kataki steps in front of the bullies.

Kataki: "Let him go."

Panel 4:

Bully 2 smirks.

Bully 2: "New guy wants to be a hero? Let’s show him around."

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✅ PAGE 3

Panel 1:

Quick action — Kataki grabs Bully 1’s hand as he tries to push him, twists it effortlessly.

SFX: CRACK

Bully 1: "Aghhh!!"

Panel 2:

The other bullies back off in shock.

Bully 3: "Who the hell is this guy...?!"

Panel 3:

Kataki turns to the scared boy.

Kataki: "Next time, speak up."

Panel 4:

Caption (as Kataki walks away): "That’s how I made my first enemies… in the first hour."

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✅ PAGE 4

Panel 1:

Kataki sitting alone at lunch, earphones in, eating quietly.

Panel 2:

Far away — three bullies talking to a girl with long black hair.

Bully 2 (whispers): "He thinks he’s tough? Let’s see how smart he is."

Girl: "So… you want me to act like I care?"

Panel 3:

Close-up on her smirking.

Girl: "Sounds fun."

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✅ PAGE 5

Panel 1:

Next day — the same girl sits near Kataki on a bench, pretending to be quiet.

Girl: "Do you like being alone, or just pretending?"

Panel 2:

Kataki glances at her, says nothing.

Panel 3:

Girl smiles faintly.

Girl: "I like quiet too."

Panel 4:

Kataki walks away silently.

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✅ PAGE 6

Panel 1:

Over the next few days — multiple shots:

The girl sitting near Kataki in library

Both standing under tree in silence

She gives him a water bottle after class

Caption: "I didn’t want a friend. But silence with her... wasn’t uncomfortable."

Panel 2:

First time — Kataki replies.

Kataki: "You’re not like them… are you?"

Panel 3:

She looks away.

Girl: "Maybe I’m worse."

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✅ PAGE 7

Panel 1:

Nighttime — Kataki looking at his phone, smiling faintly at her message: “Want to walk home together?”

Panel 2:

Next morning — Kataki is grabbed from behind by the bullies. They blindfold him.

Panel 3:

Dark room — Kataki tied to chair. Bruised.

Panel 4:

Door opens — the girl walks in with bullies behind her.

Girl: "You thought I was your friend?"

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✅ PAGE 8

Panel 1:

Kataki, bloodied, looks up with disbelief.

Panel 2:

The girl kneels, whispers in his ear:

Girl (whispers): "They told me you were strong. But you’re just another lonely idiot."

Panel 3:

Kataki (internal): "So this… was friendship?"

Panel 4:

Close-up — his fist clenches. Eyes burning.

Kataki (internal): "Never again..."

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✅ TO BE CONTINUED...

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