A large 1960s pop art painting imitating an enlarged comic book panel, painted in acrylic on canvas with bold black outlines, flat primary colors of red, yellow, blue, black and white, large visible Ben-Day dots for skin tones and shading, a dramatic speech balloon with bold lettering, and the slick, graphic, ironic look of museum pop art, completely distinct from anime and manga. The painting shows Hymmerion in a dramatic close-up moment of shock, after Frieren has just told him calmly that the treasure they spent weeks searching for is a spell to make tea slightly warmer, while Frieren appears beside him with perfect calm. There is almost no background; behind the two figures is a flat field of bright yellow covered with large red Ben-Day dots, and a few dramatic diagonal lines in blue suggest speed and shock. A small part of a stone wall and a treasure chest are visible in the lower corner in flat colors and bold outlines. Hymmerion is a young human man of medium-tall height with short, neat light-blue hair, blue eyes and a confident, warm smile; he wears a long cream-colored cloak fastened at the throat with a grey metal clasp, a blue knee-length tunic with a high collar and a row of white frog closures, a white belt, white trousers and dark boots with white bands below the knee, and a straight sword hangs at his hip. He fills most of the canvas in a dramatic close-up, his face turned toward the viewer, his blue eyes wide with shock, a single tear running down his cheek, his light-blue hair rendered in flat blue with black outline highlights, his skin made of Ben-Day dots, his cream cloak collar with the grey metal clasp and the high collar of his blue tunic with white frog closures visible at the bottom, one hand pressed dramatically to his forehead. Frieren is a small, slender elf with long pointed elf ears that stick out sideways through her hair, clearly visible, long silver-white hair parted in the middle and tied into two high twin tails that fall below her waist, calm half-lidded green eyes, a small expressionless mouth and small red drop earrings; she wears a short white capelet with gold trim and small red gems at the shoulders, a high white collar closed with a red gem, a black-and-white horizontally striped shirt, a white tunic dress with a gold-trimmed hem and wide gold-banded cuffs, a dark belt, dark grey tights and slouchy brown boots. She appears beside him in a smaller frame, holding up a scroll with a calm expression, her calm half-lidded green eyes rendered with a single black line each, her long silver-white twin tails rendered in flat white with bold black outlines, her pointed ears sticking out sideways, her white capelet with gold trim and small red gems, her high white collar with a red gem and her black-and-white striped shirt rendered in flat colors and bold lines, her small expressionless mouth a single line. Size relationships, clearly visible and consistent throughout the image: from tallest to shortest the order is Hymmerion, Frieren. Hymmerion is about one head taller than Frieren (about 20 to 25 cm), so Frieren reaches Hymmerion's chin or shoulder. A large speech balloon above Hymmerion reads in bold capital letters: A SPELL TO MAKE TEA SLIGHTLY WARMER?! A smaller speech balloon next to Frieren reads: It is very rare. A small sound effect word, SIGH, appears in red block letters near the corner, and the open treasure chest in the corner contains only the scroll. The height relationship between the two is shown in their framing: Frieren reaches only to Hymmerion's chin or shoulder, which is visible because her head is placed lower in the composition, at the level of his chin. The painting is large and glossy, with crisp edges, a slight shine on the acrylic and visible hand-painted imperfections in the Ben-Day dots. The ironic contrast between the hero's melodramatic despair and the elf's complete calm is the heart of the joke. The painting hangs on a white gallery wall with a small museum label next to it, giving an invented title, Hero in Despair, 1963, acrylic on canvas. Frieren's small red drop earrings are two bright red dots, and the gold trim on her capelet is flat yellow. The tear on Hymmerion's cheek has a white highlight and a black outline, classic for the style. A thin white border surrounds the whole image as in a printed comic. Hymmerion's mouth is open in a wide shout, his eyebrows drawn steeply upward, and three small black lines next to his head indicate trembling. The scroll in Frieren's hand has a red wax seal, and her pose is completely still and composed. The bold diagonal blue lines behind Hymmerion form a burst shape, typical for moments of shock in old comics. Frontal view of the painting on a white gallery wall, bright even gallery lighting, bold primary colors and Ben-Day dots, graphic, ironic and very funny mood, extremely detailed. Only these two figures appear in the image: Hymmerion and Frieren. There are no other people, no bystanders, no crowds, no animals and no creatures anywhere in the picture, only the two of them and their surroundings. The image is explicitly not anime, not manga and not cel-shaded; it is rendered entirely as a 1960s pop art painting with Ben-Day dots.