#nomura icons

[chequeredwhitpost]

You cannot convince me otherwise,

-- But these two are the closest thing there is to changeling best friends.

[junkart96]

Remember when she showed up, attacked the protagonist in his own home, and then whistled a song from her favorite musical while hunting him down?

[goldensunset]

everyone told me she was terrifying but they didn’t tell me she was so cool and nice

[buildourmachine]

Hello there! I decided to go ahead and post some icons that I haven't posted here or on my really old resource blog onto my Ko-Fi, swirltraveler.

Everything with less than 150 icons is free, 150+ icons is $1, and 300+ is $2. They're otherwise PWYW.

I've also put up some icon colorings I'd made for free (they're also on my DA, dlharbinger).

Below are the characters I've posted on Ko-Fi!

[iconnoteven]

Nomura from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou 🔪

[hyunshakee]

[theside-b]

I do wonder how long is going to take for Kaneko and Nomura to become rivals and duke it out on a het drama

[babyloniastreasure]

it’s okay to admit that an artist you like had a bad design. like. not every design is going to be a banger. not every design that makes it to the final phase is going to be good. some will be iconic, most will be standard, and some will be just terrible. you don’t have to jump to defense and excuses when a design is objectively bad just cause you like the rest of the artists’ work

[ultraericthered]

The second guy speechifies all this because it's the driving belief he holds due to the conclusion drawn by his research on the heart and darkness. The first guy speechfies it because....'cause he's just evil!

[digimon-icons]

149 KOTAROU NOMURA I ICONS / GHOST GAME

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[blowingoffsteam2]

Kingdom Key D and Sora's Heart

Gonna paste some thoughts about Kingdom Key D that struck me last night:

Ok so on the topic of KKD being Sora’s true keyblade aka the one made from his heart (as KKL is made from Riku’s) it just struck me that in kh3 Mickey tells Yen Sid that his keyblade-kkd- was damaged in the realm of darkness along with Way to Dawn breaking in half.

Now we already know the theory that Way to Dawn actually broke during Riku’s sacrifice in the first unseen timeline, lining up with the “drop point” when Riku gets swallowed up by the demon tide in the RoD… but if kkd is made of Sora’s heart and what I suspect about Sora’s heart breaking or being damaged in some way during Riku’s sacrifice in the first timeline…That would perfectly explain why kkd randomly gets “damaged” despite them not even showing it to us and quickly glossing over it!

Think about it. Before kh3 we never even knew keyblades getting broken or damaged was a possibility- because keyblades are extensions of a person’s heart not a truly “physical” object. The only other time we’ve seen a keyblade actually be broken was in recoded when Maleficent breaks data Sora’s keyblade. And the ONLY reason she is able to do this, as explained, is because that keyblade was just a data imitation, it wasn’t tied to a real heart. Until Data Sora gets a heart of his own.

Keyblades don’t just break or get damaged because they get hit by a strong heartless. Sora and Riku have faced stronger enemies that small demon tide plenty of times. No. Keyblades only become damaged if the heart they are extension of become damaged. That has to be it.

The way Mickey says this and it’s just completely glossed over. Why would they even bother having KKD getting damaged and replaced when it’s an iconic keyblade and they don’t even SHOW the damage. It makes no sense... unless it’s planting a seed. Something to come back to with new context. Rather than getting a full replacement Mickey seemingly fuses KKD with Star Seeker, his bbs keyblade, in order to repair it.

This is also the first time we’ve seen this type of fusion of keyblades, again with zero explanation or showing it happening on screen. Star Seeker also happens to be the keyblade Sora gets with his first drive form, Valor form…

The fusion keyblade is called Star Cluster, and also apparently in jp it is “Kingdom Key W” (what does the W stand for??) The Star/Galaxy aesthetic also reminds me of that starry space in ReMind where Sora connects constellations…

Other things:

Apparently in Japanese the letter W is very commonly used as an idiogram for "Double" or "Two". This would make sense for a fusion keyblade like Kingdom Key W. Other ideas that were suggested: W for Waking, W for the "Win" timeline (as the previous timeline was fated to be lost to darkness). It's possible it has multiple meanings.

2. “Only King Mickey can open a door to the realm of darkness. It’s because he has a special Keyblade of Darkness. He figured out how to make it open the way.”

As stated in the kh3 glossary there are only three ways to enter the realm of darkness voluntarily: Beings of darkness have the power to open paths to it, a special keyblade of darkness (of which I believe KKD is the only known example- Nomura has explained that it doesn't mean that the keyblade's nature is dark or evil, only that it's a key that works on doors to/from the RoD), and the power of waking (which Sora uses to reach Riku).

I just think it's interesting if KKD is made from Sora's heart it just so happens to be this special keyblade of darkness. It's a complete mystery as to why KKD was just sitting there on the dark side of Destiny Islands. Mickey seems to know that it's a counterpart to KKL and that it would appear where KKL appeared....but how did he know that? What does it mean? Another interesting connection- during the fall of Destiny Islands notice how the door from Sora's dive to the heart appears in front of the Secret Place, and how the door within the cave only blasts wide open when Sora gets near.

Anyway, I've always thought KKD getting damaged was wierd and suspected it had something to do with what happened in the first timeline but assumed it had to do with Mickey's heart getting damaged somehow. But this makes so much more sense to me- after all we know KKD isn't made from Mickey's heart, it was just a keyblade he found. For both Way to Dawn and KKD to have become damaged as a result of Riku's sacrifice, due to whatever happened to Sora and Riku's hearts....it just makes sense. Sora's heart was damaged, so of course the keyblade made from him would be too.

[daydreamingoncloud9]

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THEM

So recently, there was this blue lock exhibition where you could be accompanied by either an E4 (isagi/bachira/kunigami/chigiri) or a reonagi/nagireo voice guide. (Full translation for the former here and the latter (+ the actual audio) here)

And the reonagi/nagireo one makes me very :) sane :) actually :)

And the fact that this script was supervised by Kaneshiro-sensei himself and thus makes all of this canon...

It's not like I was finally getting over my obsession or anything. This didn't drag me back into reonagi/nagireo hell at all! :)

I also haven't been obsessing over the other stuff that came with the exhibition either. Nope. Nope.

I'm completely chill guys. My life hasn't been ruined and I'm not in shambles at all. I am A-OK.

[goldensunset]

new colors i see

i am now cool and serious and mature

[hiorintruther]

Dragging myself out of inactivity to grossly overanalyse/scream about the chapter 213 Kunigiri stuff coz I’m so mentally unwell and it’s their fault.

First of all, I love how in order to get into the other stratums, players first have to submit a request form. Presumably they’d have to state a reason for going and I doubt “I want to see my friends” would be allowed because some people would end up using it as an excuse to slack off, so I wonder what Chigiri said to get his request accepted? Obviously he was actually coming just to see Kunigami but he probably needed to make up an excuse (either that or Ego/Anri let him through because BLTV really is just football Love Island atp).

Anyway, I love the intro panel for Chigiri in this chapter coz it says SO MUCH about him.

It’s the hair.

Chigiri barely ever wears his hair up, not even while playing football (and I’ve made my thoughts on that clear in the past so I’ll refrain from any ranting). On the field he’ll have that weird half-braid thing going on, and off the field he usually just wears it loose. One of the only other times we see him with a ponytail is in chapters 150-151, during the 2-week break post U-20 match. I think this shows that Chigiri is putting active effort into his appearance for his visit with Kunigami. He puts his hair up when he wants to make a good impression — in the Shibuya chapters he’s also wearing a rather nice outfit, so he was focussing on his appearance then too. This time around, he’s specifically doing it for Kunigami because he’s unsure about what Kunigami thinks of him after “ghosting” him during the MC match. This is Chigiri going all-out to impress through subtle gestures and small changes that are consciously made and will subconsciously be picked up on.

(There’s also Kunigami’s canonical thing for the napes of necks (egoist Bible) to take into account which… listen we have no proof that Chigiri is aware of it but we also don’t have any proof that he’s not. Who’s to say he didn’t choose this hairstyle specifically because he knows it shows off his nape, which is usually kept hidden under his hair? He’s already a bit of a flirt after that “such an insensitive hero” comment back during the Second Selection. It isn’t impossible.)

Next, the iconic “keep an eye on me” line.

First off, Nomura really decided to make Chigiri look that pretty when he said this. Boy looks absolutely gorgeous. I’m aroace but I would’ve folded. Kunigami is stronger than me.

Second off, I like how this shows Chigiri being attentive towards Kunigami. When they first reunited, it did come across a bit like Chigiri was being dismissive of what Kunigami went through in the Wildcard, saying that he’d treat Kunigami as exactly the same person he was before (although it’s arguably understandable since they’d only just met again and Chigiri has no idea what happened in the Wildcard). Now though, it’s clear he’s observed the change Kunigami went through and a) wants to make amends for his previous comments, and b) still wants to be with Kunigami. While there’s never a direct apology given, it’s clear he doesn’t think of Kunigami the same way he did before the Mc match and wants to make amends. Honestly, idk if a direct apology would’ve been a nice addition or would’ve just made Kunigami feel worse — Chigiri is a proud person and Kunigami doesn’t want pity, so this less direct approach was probably the best way to go about things.

Thirdly, when Chigiri says “from now on, I’m gonna be keeping an eye on you”, it’s not just a promise to acknowledge Kunigami’s skills as a footballer. It’s also a subtle way of saying “you’re not getting rid of me. I’m staying right here”. Adding to that the “so, you better keep an eye on me too, got it?”, it’s both a declaration that Kunigami shouldn’t underestimate Chigiri and a “you’re gonna be seeing a lot of me so get used to it”. (Side note: Isagi’s face on this page is so fucking funny to me he’s just like “yeaaaaaah, these bitches gay. Good for them” lmao.)

Last thing I’ll scream about is this:

FIRST NAME BASIS!!!

Obviously Chigiri is specifically using “Rensuke” as a little jab at Kunigami to get him riled up. Chigiri is just like that when it comes to teasing. Still, it’s nice to know that he feels comfortable enough around Kunigami to say something like this without Kunigami getting angry or making things awkward between them. We’ve seen Bachira do this with Isagi too during the Barcha match, so that’s nice little bachisagi parallel. At the very least, Chigiri is showing that he wants their friendship to continue and is going to continue to treat Kunigami as a close friend, no matter how much Kunigami might try to push him away.

Conclusion to my ramblings: Chigiri is putting in the work and I respect him for it. Kunigami is in a bad place rn and what he needs is someone as stubborn as Chigiri to see him through. Chigiri knows what it feels like to feel depressed and push everyone else away because it happened to him too. He thought for a time that everything was over for him. No doubt he’s recognising those things in Kunigami and wants to help him out, especially since the two of them had grown pretty close before being separated.

Kunigiri has my whole heart!!!

[altocat]

Anyone who loves Sephiroth's one wing has Kingdom Hearts to thanks. If it wasn't for that series, we'd never have this iconic design. In Kingdom Hearts it's meant to represent darkness,nor someone who's given up their heart to it.

Lore wise, Sephiroth is Cloud's other half, his darkness. In the extra scene that was added in Final Mix, Sephiroth tells Cloud that since he's his other half, they should "dance together forever in this eternal nightmare".

Yeah, Kingdom Hearts weirdly contributed to a lot of Sephiroth/Sefikura lore. I'd argue that it's probably what ultimately encouraged Nomura and team to continue to explore the characters leading into Advent Children.

[perfectlysanexd]

Guuuuys, it's the anniversary of Advent Children! It came out in 2005, and began my unending obsession with Final Fantasy VII—specifically, Sephiroth and Cloud. I've probably mentioned it before, so I won't gush about it too much. To this day, I think that's Cloud's most beloved, iconic outfit, while I think most people prefer Sephiroth's Remake duds, with the sexy belts. Nomura is definitely a belt lover, so I'm not sure why he allowed Sephiroth's coat to float around in the breeze. Also, the addition of various textures to the jacket, I think, made it a lot more iconic and interesting to look at.

So I thought I'd take a look at some of my old AC manipulations, most of them scenes from The Last Chance, my first multi-chapter sefikura work on AO3. I am still very proud of it, and I know that some of you have read it many times. 💕 I'm honored to know that it became a comfort fic for some of you!

(This is the only one that's not from TLC...perhaps it's a bit more like A Tempting Trade?)

I think this is from like...the 2nd or 3rd chapter? They return to Edge, but Sephiroth obviously has no where to stay and, feeling sorry for him, Cloud allows him to sleep in his bed. Sephiroth wants a little something extra, but Cloud won't permit it within Seventh Heaven, with Tifa and the kids right down the hall. Thinking back on it now, surely Sephiroth knew that...

...said Cloud, before trying to deal with the situation all by himself.

"Seeking forgiveness in the hopes of absolution...is a terribly selfish act." I think that was his reply. That part always sticks with me, because AC is, by and large, about forgiveness—both of yourself, and others. Cloud forgives everyone except himself, while Sephiroth forgives no one, including himself. It's an interesting dynamic as they slowly grow and change together.

Will there be a Dirge of Cerberus type sequel...? Perhaps eventually. It has a placeholder in my WIP folder for the moment.