An intricately detailed woodcut-style engraving with two contrasting panels on a textured, vintage paper background, framed by classic scrollwork. The left panel, labeled with a thought bubble above: "What on earth is minus?! Such a non-existent thing is only confusing! We just need to design the thermometer so we never have to see minus!" In a medieval-style laboratory, a group of scientists (with historical attire and wigs) and glassblowers are working frantically. Central to the panel is a massive, multi-bulb, 'minus-proof' thermometer made of intricately linked glass tubes and chambers. Four large bulbs, labeled from bottom to top as "ファーレンハイト" (Fahrenheit), "レオミュール" (Reaumur), "セルシウス" (Celsius), and "ケルビン" (Kelvin) with katakana text, are connected to a grand central column with a complex scale. A scientist is manually sliding a large '0' marker to adjust the base. Another is consulting a chart labeled "氷点" (Ice Point) and "沸点" (Boiling Point). The floor is cluttered with failed design charts marked with large red X's and '失敗' (Failure) and '不可能' (Impossible) labels. The right panel, titled above in dark text: "However, reality is harsh..." and then "Actually, minus had to be used." Below this, a standard, wall-mounted thermometer with a clear scale from below -50 to above 100 shows its mercury far below 0. Below the scale, a dark text box says: "Reality is Minus." Below this, two dates are listed with their shocking minus temperatures: '1744年1月: -28°' and '1745年2月: -35°', with the minus signs highlighted in red. Below this, a final dark text box reads: "Defeat... Had to Use... Despair." In this lower section, the same group of scientists is hunched in utter defeat. They are slumped against a table, their heads in their hands, with visible expressions of despair and exhaustion. Their wigs are askew, and their eyes are hollow.