#tcr Muta

[ikemengoessbrrrrr]

TCR Fake Screenshot

Muta is ready to use violence

#peace was never an option #Haru holding the team together #ok. more like *trying* to hold the team together #its usually Toto's job but he is not here at the moment #the cat returns #haru yoshioka #baron humbert von gikkingen #tcr muta #tcr #tcr fanart #fake screenshot

[gentlemewn]

Thanks to the little new year's prompt @catsafarithewriter wrote I can't stop thinking of bunny baron :) 👍🏼

I also have a few hc ideas about bunny baron, I also added scars to have something at least similar to his original cat-self :D

Bonus(?):

I made this last nigh but after reading the fic today, I just thought of adding this. A wild new year's night for these two huh? /j

unless...👉🏼👈🏼

#the cat returns #the cat returns fanart #haru yoshioka #muta #toto #baron humbert von gikkingen #baron stuck as a rabbit #what a loser #I will pet him and no one can stop me #tcr muta #tcr toto #tcr baron #tcr haru #tcr prompt #fanart #studio ghibli #soxsodi

[theinternetisaweboflies]

The Cat Returns Muta in jelly necklace

#want need love #ghibli #studio ghibli #the cat returns #muta tcr #hayao miyazaki #miyazaki #jewelry

[lin-iva]

TCR Birthday Bash 2023 Day 5: Free Day (Coraline AU)

As you all can see, i love coraline. So here's a Buttom Eyes AU.

One day, Haru found a doll at her room that looks just like her. Ever since she found the doll, every night when she dreams she found herself in an odd world where everyone has buttons for eyes.

A few days later the Bureau found that Haru has gone missing. She has told them about her weird dreams post finding the doll unfortunately the Bureau members seems to only brush it off. And now that Haru is gone (and upon searching they've learned the scary truth abouth thrdoll) they must find her quickly before she got trapped in the weird world forever.

In a way they finally got into said world, sadly upon arriving they got trapped in a snowglobe instead and now is up to Haru to find a way to save them.

Enjoy! (Sorry if i type some words wrong)

#coraline au #since coraline pops up to my fyp #why dont i dedicade the free day to coraline au #myart #dani #baron humbert von gikkingen #the cat returns #haru yoshioka #neko no ongaeshi #studio ghibli #tcr birthday bash 2023 #toto #muta #the other bureau members are basically thr same #the obly difference is that the other baron is less dramatic-y #and other toto and other muta doesn't argue much

[tcrmommabear]

Toto: I need you to swear- Muta: Fuck Haru: Damn Hiromi: Shit Toto: ... Swear as in promise...

#the cat returns #tcr #the queue returns #neko no ongaeshi #studio ghibli #tcrmommabear post #incorrecttcrquotes #incorrect quotes #haru knew what she was doing hiromi and muta were genuine #toto never gets a break from these idiots

[squaric-acid]

A Treat for the Eyes, Pt. 1

My contribution to the TCR Secret Santa 2023

I'm writing for @raythecomputerart, I hope you enjoy! I was going to write something short and sweet for the cozy tea party prompt but it got entangled with the high fashion prompt and this was the result.

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“Here’s your next assignment,” Natoru, assistant to the editor-in-chief of Cat Kingdom Magazine, said nasally, holding the manilla folder out to Muta.

Muta reached across the desk with a grumble.

“Probably another toothpaste ad,” he muttered under his breath.

Toto elbowed him hard in the ribs.

“It’s for Baron’s new collection. You’ll need to find a suitable model. Yuki’s called in sick again.”

Natoru hid it well but both Muta and Toto had known their boss’s simpering secretary long enough to detect the disdain in his voice for the magazine’s top model. Who also happened to be the fiancée of the editor’s son. Thankfully, neither Muta or Toto shared Natoru’s disdain for the model.

“Well, if it’s Baron’s work then it should be interesting,” Toto said cheerfully as Natoru sashayed out of the small office Toto and Muta shared.

Muta gave a long-suffering sigh as he flicked through the folder.

“Where are we going to find a suitable model in this short of time?”

~@~

“A modeling gig?” Haru gave Hiromi a quizzical look across the cafe table she was bussing.

“Not just any gig. Look!”

Hiromi shoved the flier in her skeptical friend’s face.

“It’s for Baron’s new spring collection!” Hiromi squealed.

Haru removed the flier from her face and gave it a glance.

“That’s nice,” Haru said blandly. “When did you hear about it?”

“Someone just put up a flier on the bulletin board. Some fatso from the photography department. Just as I was leaving.”

“That’s nice,” Haru said, turning back to her task.

“Oh, come on Haru! This is perfect for you! I know you’ve been angling for a change to work with Baron since you first laid eyes on his work.”

“Okay sure, but-“

“But nothing. Why not try? Yuki’s out sick and Louise is still in Kyoto.” A wheedling tone had snuck into Hiromi’s voice.

“Get serious, there’s no way he’d select me to be his model for his latest collection.”

~@~

Why does this always happen to me? Haru asked herself as she sat curled against the hallway wall outside of one of the many studio spaces in the Cat Kingdom Magazine’s creative department. A dozen or so models lingered around waiting to be assessed for their suitability and worthiness to model for Baron’s newest collection.

“Why did Hiromi have to call in sick? Now I’m here on my own!” Haru grumbled to herself. 

In the week since Hiromi had shoved the flier in her face, Haru had learned little else about Baron’s newest collection. She and Hiromi had clamored for spots in the modeling audition, luckily Haru’s second job at the cafe was accommodating. Despite being models for Cat Kingdom Magazine, the competition for the best gigs was cutthroat and she and Hiromi were among the more junior models.

Haru surveyed the other models all awaiting their turn to impress the famed designer. Baron was somewhat of an eccentric recluse amongst the top players in the fashion world. He always chose his models with the utmost care. And he favored the infamous photographer and stylist duo, Muta and Toto, for his shoots with the magazine.

The models around her all knew what a shoot like this could mean for their careers. They were dolled up to the nines and for models that’s saying a lot. Every single one harbored secret dreams of becoming Baron’s muse.

Haru, for all her aspirations in the fashion industry, had hardly bothered. Hiromi had convinced her to wear virtually no makeup to accentuate her features, instead of hiding them.

Muta and Toto worked extraordinarily well together but were exceedingly picky. Hence their infamy amongst the models of Cat Kingdom Magazine. When not called upon to work with Baron they often were out on small jobs, like toothpaste ads. If they were working for Baron on this shoot it meant that the standards would be astronomically high.

Hiromi and Haru had both done a couple gigs each with Muta and Toto for small ads. Cat Kingdom had originally been a talent acquisition company. It still kept up those programs and lots of models hoping to join the fashion seems started in Cat Kingdom’s talent agency. Apparently that’s how the son of Cat Kingdom’s editor came to know Yuki, one of the magazine supermodels. Haru and Hiromi had both met Yuki before, despite her newfound fame she always had the kindness of a hopeful new model.

The next model was called in to audition and Haru was pulled from her thoughts. She wondered if either Toto or Muta would recognize her. She wasn’t sure she wanted them to.

One by one the models went in and then came out. Each one sporting the tight smile of one who had been let down politely but rather scathingly too.

Soon Haru was alone in the hall. She stood and smoothed the wrinkles of her long skirt. She’d worn her favorite lacy socks and a pair of sandals over them. In retrospect not the most fashionable choice for an aspiring model.

Haru hadn’t been terribly self-conscious before this moment but she was now. And as the previous model exited with a classless upturned nose Haru felt her stomach sink down to rest around her toes.

“He’s so uptight,” she heard the previous model hiss to her friends who were waiting for her at the end of the hall.

“No wonder Louise left him.”

Haru felt her mouth go inexplicably dry. 

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I do hope you enjoyed this! Stay tuned for parts 2, 3, and 4!

#the cat returns #tcr secret santa #tcr secret santa 2023 #my writing #haru x baron #toto #renaldo moon #muta #fanfic

[ro-visiting-the-bureau]

TCR Birthday Bash 2023 Prompts!

The votes are in, here is the official TCR Birthday Bash prompt list!

The Cat Returns Birthday Bash will be running from July 16th to July 22nd (7/16-7/22), to celebrate the anniversary of The Cat Returns. The prompts for this year’s bash are:

Sun 16th - Musical/Music

Mon 17th - Masquerade

Tues 18th - Revenge

Wed 19th - Secret Heritage

Thurs 20th - Happy Birthday/Free Day

Fri 21st - Beach Episode

Sat 22nd - Sci-Fi

Thank you to everyone who voted, and I cannot wait to see all of the awesome prompts we have this year!

#tcr birthday bash #tcr birthday bash 2023 #the cat returns #studio ghibli #Baron Humbert von Gikkingen #Haru Yoshioka #Muta #Renaldo Moon #toto #prince lune #yuki #the cat king #natori #natoru

[sindysugar]

I gotchu @catsafarithewriter !

The Cat Returns Coffee Shop AU ✨

#because dude is just Baron with his bureau being a coffee shop #The Cat Returns #I Am a Cat Barista #manga #lmao #in all seriousness #i don't think anyone has written a tcr coffee shop au yet #and if they had it's buried deep 🥴 #i just remember someone drawing the au though #i think it was lin-iva #but anyway... #highly recommend this read to any tcr fans #makes me also think of #The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today #but with Haru and Muta being roommates XD

[silly-oleghibli]

This is specifically about Muta from The Cat Returns- thinking about him being a human- buzz cut- low key looks like he would have been a veteran big boi mayhaps drive a Ford F-150 but this is false- Muta drives a Kia Soul

#the cat returns #tcr #studio ghibli #muta tcr #tcr human au #headcanon

[fruiteggsaladit]

Sudden realisation that Yuki from The Cat Returns and Louise/Luisa from Whisper of the Heart are very visually similar and wondering if there's any deeper connection or if Louise's colourations were borrowed from WotH so as not to introduce a wholly unfamiliar kitty that will be significant not only to the plot, but to the protagonist of the sequel.

Blue eyes, cream or white-coloured fur, pink ears and nose, and a dark pink textile for costume or ribbon.

It could be just that kind of practical reason.

... Buuuut it could also be fun to stipulate that Yuki is perhaps a reincarnation of sorts. TCR could easily be interpreted as being Shizuku's finalised story from WotH, with how Muta and the Baron are used and Shizuku's vision for the Baron acting as a guide and inspiration to a young lady in trouble.

Why not include Louise in that somehow? Shizuku is a very sensitive child and writer, it would not surprise me that she'd be discomforted to give the Baron in her story a happy love story and ending when he as the statue in real life is still living in hope (projected by humans, but still, the projection is a narrative, and Shizuku's story also being a narrative, it feels right to describe the human projection as though it is real, at least in relation to TCR).

A street kitten, dirty and starved, who later helps Haru in return for having saved her early in life. A kitten.

It's quite recently born, compared to the Baron, who was made pre-WWII.

In the manga, its implied that the maker of Baron perished or had to run away from Germany when the world war started. "The story goes back over fifty years. / At the time, I was working for an import-export comapny... I often traveled back and forth between Japan and Europe." [Panel is of Northern Germany, displaying the capital of Berlin, and the North Sea and Baltic Sea.] (next page) "One day, in the corner of a coffee house, I discovered this cat. / I spent the next three days begging the owner to sell it to me. Finally, he gave in. / On one condition... / The cat was to be part of a set. He was working on the cat's companion, / and asked that I hold off selling him until the female cat was created. / I agreed to wait until the cat's companion was sent to me, and returned to Japan with only Sir Cat here. / But in the meantime, the war broke out and the cat's promised companion never arrived. / My company went bankrupt as well. After the war, I was only able to return to Germany once. / Do you see here, on the soles of his shoes?" [Panel is that of the shop owner pointing to the bottom of the Baron's shoes, indeed displaying a name. I can¨t read it on the digital page though; I might need the printed version, but this too would be very small.] "The doll maker inscribed his name. / With that information in hand, I searched high and low for him. But he was nowhere to be found. / And yet... I still have to believe that Sir Cat's sweetheart will someday arrive." (next page, top panel) "But until the day comes, here is where he will stay." In the manga, Shizuku reads up on Germany and WWII as part of her research and a direct result of hearing the story of Baron's creation. The titles include: "The Art and E[xxx] of Germany", "The People of Germany" (second-thickest book in the stack), "the Eurasian Enigma", "Puppets of the World", "The Second World War", "The Dolt Quihote and Conquistadors", "Famous Museums in Europe", "West-Germany" (thickest book in the stack), and "Travels through Europe".

That aside this was greatly to argue my point that if the companion piece (Louise) was destroyed or interrupted and never finished in WWII, then perhaps it could have been seen as a "death". It's one of the theories Shizuku might hold, but would not voice to the shop owner (Nishi Shirou) who values the hope of the story.

And so it might have been a rough concept of hers to have Yuki be a reincarnation of Louise, and perhaps relight her romance with the Baron. She ultimately chooses against that creative decision, but she does keep Louise's colours in Yuki.

Hm, oh! I forgot! In the manga, the Cat Kingdom is the place of dead cats. Muta describes it derisively as a place of ghosts who cannot acknowledge that they are dead, if my memory serves right. It doesn't seem that far-stretched then to interpret Yuki as the departed Louise...

Additional worth of note, is that the romance aspect is still kept, just not with Baron; also, that the engagement/arranged marriage/soulmate "We knew each other before we were made or met" aspect is switched out in favour of an unexpected love separated by class (palace servant and prince). This felt like it was made in mind for Lune though, rather than as a "well there needs to be romance somewhere!", in the sense that by giving him a love interest then it's an easy narrative excuse for him not to desire the marriage (aside from not knowing Haru, Haru being a human, and also Haru is a child). His heart is occupied already!

#the cat returns #whisper of the heart #yuki #louise #shizuku #long post #baron #nishi shirou #tcr&woth things

[ploffskinpluffskin]

me thinking about haru gathering intel from different places regarding natori and muta but realizing there aren't many characters in tcr who would conceivably Know EXCEPT

the king

#post-canon haru and the king interacting is one of my favorite things idk why i didn't immediately jump to that idea #she's Done with him and he can't hold a grudge but is still kinda sullen and cantankerous and i just Enjoy Them #32 underneath

[ikemengoessbrrrrr]

Man didn't do anything and demand his stuff back

Bad habit die hard

#Baron still thinks he owned everyone #not in romantic way #its okay. he just confused between friends and things #Haru should feel happy but she doesn't have time for that #baron humbert von gikkingen #haru yoshioka #the cat returns #tcr fanart #tcr au #genshin au #tcr toto #tcr muta #tcr #baron x haru

[springtimesanctuary]

TCR fandom! I humbly offer to you a story idea of mine currently in the works. An isekai manhwa-inspired AU (specifically those of the villainess genre) starring:

Haru as a reincarnated background character who finds herself being tangled up in other people’s business, and has to find a way to avoid her own tragic fate

Louise as the “villainess” of the original story and sister to Baron, who met her death at the hands of the male lead

Baron as the elusive nobleman who is never seen in daylight. There are rumors that he is in fact cursed due to the sins of the family

Muta and Toto, our favorite bickering duo!

Along with scheming royals, nosy courtiers, magic, a girl that can hear the voice of a god, and secrets that will turn the kingdom on its head

And of course, a love story not written in the stars

I have most of the plot points planned out, now I just need to find my way around to writing it

#the cat returns #yes it's gonna be baron x haru #i've been reading a lot of manhwa and binging yarningchick's stories lately #that combination led to this #;just need to look for it (announcements)

[catsafarithewriter]

For the fanfic ask meme: 💡 🎶 🤡

💡 What’s the weirdest thing you’ve been inspired by?

I don't think I ever got round to writing it, but I almost wrote a ficlet inspired by Shelby & me taking "Am I In Love With Her?" quizzes from the perspective TCR characters, and everyone but Baron getting "yes."

This convo is also where the "fight me, peasant" line in the fandom came from, afaik.

🎶 What music do you listen to when you write?

My favourite thing is game OSTs - right now it's Professor Layton soundtracks. This, coincidentally, is also the method in which I find new games to play :)

🤡 What’s the dumbest thing you’ve written?

Anything that involves taking Baron's dramatics and dialling it up to an eleven is probably tied, but, uh, from the top of my head:

the oneshot where Baron gets drunk, Toto uses the phrase "tripping balls" and Muta is actually the one to get the job done

the modern vampire au, where Haru is an archaeologists who accidentally gains Baron the Vampire as a housemate, and Baron is, for wont of a better term, basically an asshole cat in vampire form

the human au oneshot where everyone plays Never Have I Ever

The One With the Tight Pants

#that cat spoke

[lin-iva]

TCR Birthday Bash 2023 Day 6: Beach Day

Hiromi and Toto moment time, hehe. Enjoy ;)

#myart #the cat returns #neko no ongaeshi #haru yoshioka #baron humbert von gikkingen #studio ghibli #tcr birthday bash 2023 #hiromi #toto #muta #TCBcafeau

[tcrmommabear]

Toto: Can we stay with you tonight?

Haru: Both of you? What happened?

Baron: Someone was playing with a Ouija board and now the Sanctuary's haunted.

Toto: Muta was no help at all. He doesn't know how to banish ghosts, so he's throwing salt and yelling "Does this look like a hotel?!"

#the cat returns #tcr #the queue returns #studio ghibli #neko no ongaeshi #incorrecttcrquotes #incorrect tcr quotes #jokes on them muta CAN banish ghosts #but he hasnt had the sanctuary to himself in forever and he has a date with a cake #checkmate losers #also the one playing with a ouija board was baron #hell never admit it but it was him #he was looking for more clients