# Retro Manga Love Guide Cover

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Anime (@library.anime)](/@library.anime.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: GPT Image 2
- AI keywords: illustration, character, playful, anime
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
A retro 1980s Japanese manga magazine cover illustration with a faded paper texture, slightly grainy print look, and warm vintage ink colors. The composition is crowded and playful, set against a deep blue-purple background filled with fluffy pink clouds and floating pink hearts. At the top left, a huge dramatic Japanese title in bold hand-drawn lettering reads {headline_text}, with a smaller subtitle beneath it reading （ラブ・バイブル）. In the center, a tall delinquent-style teenage boy in a dark gakuran school uniform points toward the viewer with one hand, confident and charismatic. Beside him at center-right is a sweet shoujo-style teenage girl with a short dark-brown bob haircut, large sparkling eyes, and a cream sailor-style school uniform with a pink collar and bow, looking up in surprise and admiration. At lower left sits 1 gothic-lolita girl with pale lavender twin-tail hair, black ribbon accessories, and an elaborate black-and-pink frilly dress, blushing shyly with her hands near her mouth. At the bottom center is 1 fluffy black toy poodle wearing a mint-blue polka-dot scarf, facing forward with a cute expression and tongue slightly out. In the upper center-right, 1 tiny cupid girl with black twin ponytails, white wings, a pink pleated skirt, white socks, and a flower hair accessory flies while reading a pink book with a heart on the cover. In the upper right background, 1 panicked bespectacled schoolboy in a blue uniform clutches his head with bulging comedic eyes. Near the right-middle background stands 1 glamorous older woman in warm orange clothing, partially obscured by the main pair. At the far right is 1 dramatic villain-queen woman in glossy black armor-like corset attire, long black gloves, a high red-lined cape, and a gold crown, posing with one hand lifted. At the bottom right, an enormous open book rises diagonally into the frame, as if all the characters are emerging from its pages. Use dynamic manga cover composition, exaggerated expressions, romantic-comedy energy, hand-painted cel anime shading, and nostalgic weekly-magazine poster design.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{headline_text}` | headline text | 危険な恋愛手引書 |

## About

This prompt generates a busy vintage-style Japanese manga cover illustration packed with romantic-comedy characters, ideal for nostalgic poster art or faux magazine covers.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.anime on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/retro-manga-love-guide-cover-ew36ds
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