>>3486065They render the nose that way because they don't understand the shading model in anime.
On one hand the nose is the most sophisticated piece of topology on the face so it's understandable, on the other hand the artists lack the humility to submit to the masters or simply think it's a stylistic choice. What's bizarre is they use implicit shading and line weight when it comes to the eyes and mouth but abandon it for the nose, rendering the piece incoherent and jarring to look at. Even more perplexing is the same mistake has been repeated hundreds of thousands of times by a community of artists.
