Nourno @nourforce - Bluesky Profile

I want my mutuals to grow up big and strong. If nobody would love you if you were a worm, I will do so in their stead

30.05.2025 00:12 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

are you broke? did you lose your job? do you have a crappy computer? these games are for you

07.05.2025 20:10 — 👍 455 🔁 244 💬 5 📌 1

How Doujin Illustrators Influenced The Aesthetics of Japan's Underground Music Culture Many illustrators who’ve contributed to underground and doujin music scene history eventually find themselves working on monumental projects, like Vtuber designs or video game concept art - but it’s cool to see that there’s a place for everyone to play a role in this part of the subculture, irrespective of where the future takes them.

Hi everyone, it's new article day 🥰

This week, Kai Redfield explores Japan's underground music scene and how doujin illustrators have played an invaluable role in defining the aesthetics and vibes of the landscape. It's a fantastic read, and we hope you enjoy it. 💖

#music #manga

03.05.2025 19:01 — 👍 122 🔁 62 💬 0 📌 5

Box-Pushing Steam Box-Pushing Fest 2025

i play way too many sokoban games for my own good, and steam is having a sokoban fest, so here's my recommendations: store.steampowered.com/category/box...

22.04.2025 10:25 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

yuri is when girls want to kill each other and yaoi is when boys want to kill each other

18.04.2025 15:50 — 👍 808 🔁 349 💬 4 📌 12

Togainu no Chi True Blood is coming to Steam

A port of the PS2 version that included an exclusive route for a completely new character voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi.

25.02.2025 10:51 — 👍 51 🔁 34 💬 0 📌 8

in another server, i’ve been thinking why band girl stories feel so resonant right now. and the sociological brain in me thinks it has to do with the ongoing relationship crisis. never mind the fertility rate, we don’t couple up a lot these days. people are seeking alternative relationships (usually digital) and pleasures (video games, entertainment) since the traditional relationship of a het couple is failing.

these band stories are interesting safe spaces to find new conceptions of kinship structures. bands are really just found families, so it’s interesting to explore the relationships found in them. it’s not like bocchi and hiroi are unconditionally loved by their respective band members, but they are just seen as members of a coalition. everyone learns to tolerate other people’s quirks and flaws, as opposed to more traditional relationships found in families (partnership, siblings) whom we don’t get to choose to be with — we are forced to. these relationships are chaotic as seen in the many band girl shows and books out there, but they are as valid (perhaps more) than the relationship of yesteryear.

in a sense, i think while we are in a relationship recession or crisis, it only applies to the usual paths to a “good life” for a nuclear family. band stories show that there are possible ways to create familial bonds that may be more resistant and adaptive to our social media fragmented lives i also said that my main actual non-meme reason i’ve been not so hot over bokita shipping is because it almost feels antithetical to the manga’s direction. if bocchi actually lost her anxiety and was able to assimilate to society, i think it would be a more standard and boring manga about how you just need a kita in your life to get back to society.

what i think makes bocchi the manga so special to me is that it never does that. the “unconventional” lives these characters lead are just as valid as the usual salaryman life. they just suffer and experience joy in different ways from the usual narratives. i think that’s what i like about the series the most: the musician’s hectic life is just a Normal thing, not something out of this world. i don’t think bocchi is like an anti-society manga. but it’s like how subcultures are not necessarily countercultures today. they can live in the shadows of the mainstream culture. there’s a place for bocchi; it just isn’t society but in the music subcultures of shimokitazawa. that’s what i find uplifting about the manga, that even fuckups like hiroi and bocchi have their own place. just have to find it somewhere in the massive world of subcultures.

extra thoughts on bocchi the rock and the recent rise of band girl anime and manga in the so-called relationship recession period we're in right now:

24.03.2025 07:58 — 👍 81 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 0

Shallie says "it's a chair" while standing in front of what is obviously a couch

Today on "context is king in localization, even for the simplest humanly possible sentences"

18.03.2025 21:53 — 👍 293 🔁 110 💬 9 📌 11

Literally trade your blood for Ave Mujica

28.12.2024 11:38 — 👍 49 🔁 48 💬 1 📌 5

COOL SEX TIP: if you are close to orgasm, don't say "I'm close" or "I'm gonna cum"; instead, declare riichi. this way, if they get you off, you can ron, but if you have to get yourself off, you can tsumo, indirectly indicating dissatisfaction with your partner's sexual performance

15.12.2024 16:37 — 👍 2972 🔁 1393 💬 42 📌 36

メイドくんとあひるシリーズ🪿

24.10.2024 11:40 — 👍 48 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 2

i think cyrano's pretty cool

23.10.2024 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

CarbonAra~Ara~

22.10.2024 14:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

why are you unhappy about it sticking

23.10.2024 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

bluesky... BLuesky...

18.10.2024 06:06 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

20.10.2024 01:19 — 👍 2623 🔁 356 💬 3 📌 2

What I mentioned works for me on the home page or on someone's profile, but it doesn't work in search results or for comments. Opening a new profile really is the only thing that consistently works.

I'm going to fight for tab hoarder rights.

20.10.2024 09:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

i'd rather reduce my lifespan

20.10.2024 09:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My one issue here is that if I want to open a post in a new tab, instead of just middle clicking the post, I have to middle click specifically the text or empty space and not the image.

It's very minor but I need it. I don't know if anyone else cares though. I can't easily open 500 tabs like this.

20.10.2024 08:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0