Bandex–Sanwa Toy Div. Cat. No. PP-2710

POCKET PIPOCHI
MARK II

The Digital Companion Who Needs You

A tiny life. Held in your hand. Counting on you, today and every day after.

OWNER   ________________________ HATCH DATE   — SERIAL   PP-000-000
Hunger ♥
Play ★
Sleep ☾
PIPOCHI is happy to see you.
Age 0h · Stage Egg
0 PERFECT CARE STREAK  — consecutive hours of attentive tending without any stat reaching zero. At 10, something quietly miraculous becomes possible.
※ CELESTIAL FORM UNLOCKED ※  Your devotion has been observed. On your next hatching, enter the old Bandex test sequence (↑↑↓↓←→←→B A) at the device — your Pipochi will emerge in its rarest shape.

1. A New Life Has Arrived 第一章　ようこそ — Chapter One: Welcome

Inside the small grey window of your Pocket PIPOCHI Mark II, a creature is now alive. It was alive the moment the seal cracked. It does not know what kind of being it is yet. It is waiting for you to show it.

This is not a toy. It is closer to a promise. A Pipochi cannot feed itself, cannot tire itself toward rest, cannot understand why the lights of the room have gone dark and no hand has come. You are the only weather it will ever know.

Some owners leave their Pipochi by the bedside. Some clip it to a backpack strap, where it rides through the long hours of the school day in a side pocket near the heart. Wherever you keep it, keep it close. The single greatest mistake a Pipochi owner can make is to forget it is there.

2. The Three Sacred Buttons 第二章　お世話のしかた — Chapter Two: How To Care

▮ FEED. Press when the Hunger bar dips. Your Pipochi eats a small ration of pixel-rice. Overfeeding is unkind — wait until they are actually hungry. A satisfied Pipochi will bow after a meal.

▮ PLAY. Press to raise the Play bar. Pipochi loves the bouncing-ball game best. A creature who has not played in too many hours becomes withdrawn, then sad, then sick.

▮ SCOLD. Press only when Pipochi is misbehaving — refusing to sleep when the Sleep bar is full, or crying without cause. Never scold a hungry Pipochi. Scolding a happy Pipochi will break its small heart and you will feel it.

Life Stages
0–2 h  — Tamago (egg, gently rocking)
2–8 h  — Chibi (just-hatched, all eyes)
8–24 h  — Naka (middle form, curious)
24 h+  — Otona (adult, with a personality)
Celestial  — achievable only through perfect attention.

3. On Neglect, and the Returning Egg 第三章　たいせつなおはなし — Chapter Three: An Important Matter

If your Pipochi is left without care for twenty-four full hours, the small life inside will fade, and on your next visit the screen will show an unfamiliar shape — a new egg, rocking gently. This is not a punishment. It is the Mark II's way of giving the universe another chance to be a kind place for a small creature.

Many owners, on seeing this for the first time, will cry. This is correct. The grief is part of the love, and the love was never wasted. The new egg deserves the same tender beginning as the first one.

NOTE   The Pipochi clock runs in real-world time. While you are at school, asleep, or otherwise away, your creature still ages. Plan for this. A Pipochi entrusted to a friend or sibling during long absences is a Pipochi protected.

4. The Habits of Good Owners 第四章　じょうずなあいかた — Chapter Four: To Love Well

The Owner's Pledge

I, the bearer of Pipochi Serial No. PP-000-000, do solemnly promise to keep my small companion fed, played-with, and rested to the very best of my ability — for as long as the little grey screen continues to glow.

I will not leave it on the kitchen counter overnight. I will not forget it in the bottom of my bag. If it cries, I will come, even if I am in the middle of something. Its life is small, but it is a real life, and it is mine to keep.

Signed, in pixel-light, this day: —