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Biyori
| Story Synopsis | Characters | About the Author |
Poco a Pokémon 4-Koma Biyori is a series of Pocket Monsters comic strips focused on showing off different Pokémon from the Nintendo Switch 2 game Poco a Pokémon. Like with the other four panel gag series, Poco a Pokémon 4-Koma Biyori is not a long form story and is instead a series of largely unconnected gags. Below are summaries of chapters that have not been released in a graphic novel collection yet.
Table of Contents
Published: February 20th, 2026
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
The Metamon-turned-human has trouble adjusting to its new height.
Zenigame (ゼニガメ)
Meeting Zenigame gives Metamon the ability to mimic its Water Gun attack, though what if water wasn't the only potable Metamon could produce...?
Fushigidane (フシギダネ)
Metamon uses its new Leafage ability to...lazily grab snacks from far away!?
Hitokage (ヒトカゲ)
Metamon wants to use the flame on Hitokage's tail as the candle on a birthday cake.
Strike (ストライク)
Metamon uses the new "Cut" ability it learned from Strike for a series of mundane tasks, like slicing up pizza.
Ebiwalar (エビワラー)
Metamon's supposed to be using its Rock Smash to get rid of roadblocks but is instead using it to beat dust off a duvet, break down stale crackers, and beat a giant drum!
Mitsuhoney (ミツハニー)
The three heads inside a Mitsuhoney start arguing with each other over the new flower garden Metamon's made.
Dokkorer (ドッコラー)
Dokkorer gets so carried away twirling its giant beams around that it inadvertently brings down a house it was in the process of building!
Fuwante (フワンテ)
Fuwante wants to help by carrying small pieces of wood to the construction site where the new house is being made, though a strong gust of wind makes it unable to finish its delivery.
Iwark (イワーク)
An Iwark just happens to lie down in a circular shape, creating the perfect space for Metamon to plant its new garden.
Koiking (コイキング)
Koiking challenges Metamon to go up some steps using its "Splash" attack, though the "steps" Metamon shows off end up being dance steps!
Yadon (ヤドン)
Yadon tries to help by carrying planks of wood but ends up being too slow to be of any use to anyone.
Party by the Campfire (たき火でパーティー)
The Pokémon have a party around a campfire, though their various abilities keep everything from going smoothly.
Notes
N/A
Published: February 28th, 2026
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Metamon wants to make a sofa while being careful not to use it just to goof off!
Mojumbo (Professor) (モジャンボ (はかせ))
Mojumbo (Professor) offers to give Metamon whatever advice it needs, though all the shape shifting Pokémon can think of is using the vine-covered professor as a mop!
Zenigame (ゼニガメ)
Zenigame expects Metamon to use its "Water Gun" attack to water the arid grasslands but is surprised when it uses the attack to play a target practice game instead.
Fushigidane (フシギダネ)
Metamon uses Fushigidane's "Leafage" technique for mundane tasks like spinning tops and playing card games.
Hitokage (ヒトカゲ)
Metamon borrows the flame on Hitokage's tail to help air dry some laundry.
Mogurew (モグリュー)
Metamon uses Mogurew's "Rototiller" technique to make dangerous pitfall traps!
Ebiwalar (エビワラー)
Ebiwalar gets a bit too excited when coaching Metamon how to use its "Rock Smash" attack.
Flower Garden (花畑)
Mojumbo (Professor), Mogurew, and Numera all enjoy a new flower garden in their own unique ways.
Dokkorer (ドッコラー)
Dokkorer's excitement at building new houses causes it to come up with some corny jokes.
Kireihana (キレイハナ)
Kireihana describes its dream home but Dokkorer can't understand how to make a house that "dances."
Gokulin (ゴクリン)
Gokulin gets hungry and starts eating raw building materials...!?
Pichu (ピチュー)
Pichu's struggle to pick up a heavy piece of wood ends with its electricity shooting out everywhere.
Untitled Epilogue
The Pokémon all use their special skills to help carry building materials to the construction site but end up making the items not usable.
Notes
Certain panels from this collection of comic strips are recycled from the collection in the April/May 2026 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! that went on sale a few days before this series was released.
Published: April 21st, 2026
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Mojumbo (Professor) suggests they start up a vegetable garden, though Metamon mishears the idea and prepares to start doing housework instead.
Mogurew 1 (モグリュー①)
Mogurew teaches Metamon the "Rototiller" move, though Metamon's much more interested in how much bigger its hands are than anything else!
Mogurew 2 (モグリュー②)
Metamon continues to love its new giant hands as it tries using them to fly and play catchball. Mogurew wonders if Metamon really has any interest in gardening.
Where to Plant the Garden (はたけのばしょ)
Metamon's desire to create a garden somewhere it can always keep an eye on it ends up with it digging up the floor of its house...!?
Gardening (土いじり)
Metamon finally starts using its Rototiller move to start digging up some dirt...to create a snowman made out of mud!
Let's Start Sowing Seeds (タネをまこう)
Now that the garden's been tilled it's time to start planting seeds! But will Metamon's plan to farm new toys and other gadgets really work?
But Will It Grow? (育つかな？)
Following in Metamon's footsteps, Gokurin tries planting sweets and Karakara tries sticking one of its bones into the ground.
Now Let's Cover the Seeds with Dirt (土をかぶせよう)
The plant seeds have been sown so now it's time to cover them with dirt. Well-meaning Pokémon like Poppo and Rafflesia, however, end up covering the garden with...less than ideal materials.
Let's Water the Garden (水をまこう)
Utsudon sees Metamon and Zenigame using their "Water Gun" to water the garden and decides to pitch in, not realizing that its Acid isn't really what these plants need right now.
Kailios (カイロス)
Kailios tries to use the two horns on its head to hold a watering can steady but just ends up puncturing holes in it instead.
Fuwante (フワンテ)
Fuwante's watering the garden well enough until a strong gust of wind causes it to inadvertently spread water onto its friends instead.
Madatsubomi (マダツボミ)
Madatsubomi's feeling thirsty, so it plants its roots into the middle of the freshly watered garden and starts to feed!
Untitled Epilogue
Everyone waits around for Yadon to Yawn, knowing that this will cause it to rain. But it looks like they'll be waiting for quite a while...!
Notes
In his Twitter post promoting this chapter artist Takahiro Yamashita revealed that "it seems like I'll be doing Poco a Pokémon comics for a while" (しばらくは「ぽこ あ ポケモン」でいくそうだよ).
Published: April 27th, 2026 (scheduled)
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Metamon opens up a workbench...and starts to use it as a ping pong table!?
What Should We Make? 1 (何を作ろう①)
Metamon just can't figure out what it wants to make!
What Should We Make? 2 (何を作ろう②)
To help it make a decision, Metamon suggests using special die, roulette wheels, and picking ideas out of a box!
Table (テーブル)
For its first creation, Metamon decides to make a table...with really, really long legs!
When Did You...? (いつの間にか)
Metamon starts chopping away at the table legs, eventually turning it into a tabletop with no legs.
Bed (ベッド)
Metamon decides to make a bed next. Numera's slippery body, however, makes it unusable.
I'll Make It For Ya (作ってあげる)
Mojumbo (Professor)'s touched when Metamon offers to make a bucket for it...until it realizes it's only doing so because Metamon thinks Mojumbo (Professor)'s actually a mop!
Iwark's Bed (イワークのベッド)
Iwark requests someone make a bed for it, but is making an 8.8 meter long bed really doable?
Mitsuhoney's Chair (ミツハニーのイス)
The three heads inside Mitsuhoney's honeycomb can't agree on what kind of chair they want to have made for them.
Fuwante's Sofa (フワンテのソファ)
Fuwante wants a sofa...even though it never sits down!?
Yadon's Cup (ヤドンのカップ)
Yadon's upset because the warm drink it ordered has gone cold, not realizing that all the blame lies on its inability to drink it fast enough!
Dokkorar's Chair (ドッコラーのイス)
Every chair Dokkorar tries out ends up getting its back snapped off by the giant piece of lumber it's always carrying around!
Gokurin's Plate (ゴクリンのおさら)
Gokurin wants a plate to go with its Berry, and before long the other Pokémon realize it's only because Gokurin wants to eat the plate as well! And the table! and the chair! And...!
Notes
N/A
| Story Synopsis | Characters | About the Author |
Poco a Pokémon 4-Koma Biyori is a series of Pocket Monsters comic strips focused on showing off different Pokémon from the Nintendo Switch 2 game Poco a Pokémon. Like with the other four panel gag series, Poco a Pokémon 4-Koma Biyori is not a long form story and is instead a series of largely unconnected gags. Below are summaries of chapters that have not been released in a graphic novel collection yet.
Table of Contents
| CoroCoro
Ichiban! April/May 2026 Issue |
Published: February 20th, 2026
 |
 |
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
The Metamon-turned-human has trouble adjusting to its new height.
Zenigame (ゼニガメ)
Meeting Zenigame gives Metamon the ability to mimic its Water Gun attack, though what if water wasn't the only potable Metamon could produce...?
Fushigidane (フシギダネ)
Metamon uses its new Leafage ability to...lazily grab snacks from far away!?
Hitokage (ヒトカゲ)
Metamon wants to use the flame on Hitokage's tail as the candle on a birthday cake.
Strike (ストライク)
Metamon uses the new "Cut" ability it learned from Strike for a series of mundane tasks, like slicing up pizza.
Ebiwalar (エビワラー)
Metamon's supposed to be using its Rock Smash to get rid of roadblocks but is instead using it to beat dust off a duvet, break down stale crackers, and beat a giant drum!
Mitsuhoney (ミツハニー)
The three heads inside a Mitsuhoney start arguing with each other over the new flower garden Metamon's made.
Dokkorer (ドッコラー)
Dokkorer gets so carried away twirling its giant beams around that it inadvertently brings down a house it was in the process of building!
Fuwante (フワンテ)
Fuwante wants to help by carrying small pieces of wood to the construction site where the new house is being made, though a strong gust of wind makes it unable to finish its delivery.
Iwark (イワーク)
An Iwark just happens to lie down in a circular shape, creating the perfect space for Metamon to plant its new garden.
Koiking (コイキング)
Koiking challenges Metamon to go up some steps using its "Splash" attack, though the "steps" Metamon shows off end up being dance steps!
Yadon (ヤドン)
Yadon tries to help by carrying planks of wood but ends up being too slow to be of any use to anyone.
Party by the Campfire (たき火でパーティー)
The Pokémon have a party around a campfire, though their various abilities keep everything from going smoothly.
Notes
N/A
| Pokémon
Fan Issue 097 |
Published: February 28th, 2026
 |
 |
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Metamon wants to make a sofa while being careful not to use it just to goof off!
Mojumbo (Professor) (モジャンボ (はかせ))
Mojumbo (Professor) offers to give Metamon whatever advice it needs, though all the shape shifting Pokémon can think of is using the vine-covered professor as a mop!
Zenigame (ゼニガメ)
Zenigame expects Metamon to use its "Water Gun" attack to water the arid grasslands but is surprised when it uses the attack to play a target practice game instead.
Fushigidane (フシギダネ)
Metamon uses Fushigidane's "Leafage" technique for mundane tasks like spinning tops and playing card games.
Hitokage (ヒトカゲ)
Metamon borrows the flame on Hitokage's tail to help air dry some laundry.
Mogurew (モグリュー)
Metamon uses Mogurew's "Rototiller" technique to make dangerous pitfall traps!
Ebiwalar (エビワラー)
Ebiwalar gets a bit too excited when coaching Metamon how to use its "Rock Smash" attack.
Flower Garden (花畑)
Mojumbo (Professor), Mogurew, and Numera all enjoy a new flower garden in their own unique ways.
Dokkorer (ドッコラー)
Dokkorer's excitement at building new houses causes it to come up with some corny jokes.
Kireihana (キレイハナ)
Kireihana describes its dream home but Dokkorer can't understand how to make a house that "dances."
Gokulin (ゴクリン)
Gokulin gets hungry and starts eating raw building materials...!?
Pichu (ピチュー)
Pichu's struggle to pick up a heavy piece of wood ends with its electricity shooting out everywhere.
Untitled Epilogue
The Pokémon all use their special skills to help carry building materials to the construction site but end up making the items not usable.
Notes
Certain panels from this collection of comic strips are recycled from the collection in the April/May 2026 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! that went on sale a few days before this series was released.
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| Poco
a Pokémon Official Start Book |
Published:
March 5th, 2026
6 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Metamon's plans to revive the remains of an old town include installing a swing set and slide. But is that where its priorities should really be right now!?
Mojumbo (Professor) (モジャンボ (はかせ))
Metamon takes one look at Mojumbo (Professor) and assumes it's a big pile of yakisoba noodles! No wait, maybe it's the puree topping on a Mont Blanc cake instead...?
Zenigame (ゼニガメ)
Zenigame is asked to use its "Water Gun" attack to fill up a kiddie pool.
Fushigidane (フシギダネ)
The tufts of grass made by Fushigidane's "Leafage" attacks provide the perfect playground in which to play hide-and-seek!
Hitokage (ヒトカゲ)
Hitokage's fire can light up a campfire, sure, but can it light a flame in Metamon's heart?
Pikachu (Pale) (ピカチュウ (うすいろ))
Metamon appears to be just as pale as Pikachu (Pale), but that's only because a Poppo got scared and threw a bunch of sand on it!
Kabigon (Moss-Covered) (カビゴン (こけむし))
Zenigame warns the slow-moving Yadon that if it's not careful it'll end up just like Kabigon (Moss-Covered). Yadon's slow response speed make those worries seem warranted.
Doble (Painter) (ドーブル (ペインター))
A wild Gokurin is covered in red and yellow splotches, just like Doble (Painter), but it's soon revealed the splotches on Gokurin are the remains of the food it had eaten just moments ago.
Workbench (クラフトだい)
Metamon gets to work crafting all kinds of items at a workbench, though Zenigame notices everything it's making is just so it can slack off later.
Untitled Epilogue
Metamon continues crafting new items, but the Pokémon's various characteristics -- Numera's slippery body, Pichu's electricity, Dokkorar's overzealousness -- means everything's not quite going according to plan.
Notes
"Poco a Pokémon Official Start Book" (ぽこ あ ポケモンオフィシャルスタートブック) is the official player's guide to the Nintendo Switch 2 video game Poco a Pokémon. It was released by the publishers of CoroCoro Ichiban!
 |
 |
6 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Metamon's plans to revive the remains of an old town include installing a swing set and slide. But is that where its priorities should really be right now!?
Mojumbo (Professor) (モジャンボ (はかせ))
Metamon takes one look at Mojumbo (Professor) and assumes it's a big pile of yakisoba noodles! No wait, maybe it's the puree topping on a Mont Blanc cake instead...?
Zenigame (ゼニガメ)
Zenigame is asked to use its "Water Gun" attack to fill up a kiddie pool.
Fushigidane (フシギダネ)
The tufts of grass made by Fushigidane's "Leafage" attacks provide the perfect playground in which to play hide-and-seek!
Hitokage (ヒトカゲ)
Hitokage's fire can light up a campfire, sure, but can it light a flame in Metamon's heart?
Pikachu (Pale) (ピカチュウ (うすいろ))
Metamon appears to be just as pale as Pikachu (Pale), but that's only because a Poppo got scared and threw a bunch of sand on it!
Kabigon (Moss-Covered) (カビゴン (こけむし))
Zenigame warns the slow-moving Yadon that if it's not careful it'll end up just like Kabigon (Moss-Covered). Yadon's slow response speed make those worries seem warranted.
Doble (Painter) (ドーブル (ペインター))
A wild Gokurin is covered in red and yellow splotches, just like Doble (Painter), but it's soon revealed the splotches on Gokurin are the remains of the food it had eaten just moments ago.
Workbench (クラフトだい)
Metamon gets to work crafting all kinds of items at a workbench, though Zenigame notices everything it's making is just so it can slack off later.
Untitled Epilogue
Metamon continues crafting new items, but the Pokémon's various characteristics -- Numera's slippery body, Pichu's electricity, Dokkorar's overzealousness -- means everything's not quite going according to plan.
Notes
"Poco a Pokémon Official Start Book" (ぽこ あ ポケモンオフィシャルスタートブック) is the official player's guide to the Nintendo Switch 2 video game Poco a Pokémon. It was released by the publishers of CoroCoro Ichiban!
| CoroCoro
Ichiban! June/July 2026 Issue |
Published: April 21st, 2026
 |
 |
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Mojumbo (Professor) suggests they start up a vegetable garden, though Metamon mishears the idea and prepares to start doing housework instead.
Mogurew 1 (モグリュー①)
Mogurew teaches Metamon the "Rototiller" move, though Metamon's much more interested in how much bigger its hands are than anything else!
Mogurew 2 (モグリュー②)
Metamon continues to love its new giant hands as it tries using them to fly and play catchball. Mogurew wonders if Metamon really has any interest in gardening.
Where to Plant the Garden (はたけのばしょ)
Metamon's desire to create a garden somewhere it can always keep an eye on it ends up with it digging up the floor of its house...!?
Gardening (土いじり)
Metamon finally starts using its Rototiller move to start digging up some dirt...to create a snowman made out of mud!
Let's Start Sowing Seeds (タネをまこう)
Now that the garden's been tilled it's time to start planting seeds! But will Metamon's plan to farm new toys and other gadgets really work?
But Will It Grow? (育つかな？)
Following in Metamon's footsteps, Gokurin tries planting sweets and Karakara tries sticking one of its bones into the ground.
Now Let's Cover the Seeds with Dirt (土をかぶせよう)
The plant seeds have been sown so now it's time to cover them with dirt. Well-meaning Pokémon like Poppo and Rafflesia, however, end up covering the garden with...less than ideal materials.
Let's Water the Garden (水をまこう)
Utsudon sees Metamon and Zenigame using their "Water Gun" to water the garden and decides to pitch in, not realizing that its Acid isn't really what these plants need right now.
Kailios (カイロス)
Kailios tries to use the two horns on its head to hold a watering can steady but just ends up puncturing holes in it instead.
Fuwante (フワンテ)
Fuwante's watering the garden well enough until a strong gust of wind causes it to inadvertently spread water onto its friends instead.
Madatsubomi (マダツボミ)
Madatsubomi's feeling thirsty, so it plants its roots into the middle of the freshly watered garden and starts to feed!
Untitled Epilogue
Everyone waits around for Yadon to Yawn, knowing that this will cause it to rain. But it looks like they'll be waiting for quite a while...!
Notes
In his Twitter post promoting this chapter artist Takahiro Yamashita revealed that "it seems like I'll be doing Poco a Pokémon comics for a while" (しばらくは「ぽこ あ ポケモン」でいくそうだよ).
| Pokémon
Fan Issue 098 |
Published: April 27th, 2026 (scheduled)
 |
 |
8 Pages
Untitled Prologue
Metamon opens up a workbench...and starts to use it as a ping pong table!?
What Should We Make? 1 (何を作ろう①)
Metamon just can't figure out what it wants to make!
What Should We Make? 2 (何を作ろう②)
To help it make a decision, Metamon suggests using special die, roulette wheels, and picking ideas out of a box!
Table (テーブル)
For its first creation, Metamon decides to make a table...with really, really long legs!
When Did You...? (いつの間にか)
Metamon starts chopping away at the table legs, eventually turning it into a tabletop with no legs.
Bed (ベッド)
Metamon decides to make a bed next. Numera's slippery body, however, makes it unusable.
I'll Make It For Ya (作ってあげる)
Mojumbo (Professor)'s touched when Metamon offers to make a bucket for it...until it realizes it's only doing so because Metamon thinks Mojumbo (Professor)'s actually a mop!
Iwark's Bed (イワークのベッド)
Iwark requests someone make a bed for it, but is making an 8.8 meter long bed really doable?
Mitsuhoney's Chair (ミツハニーのイス)
The three heads inside Mitsuhoney's honeycomb can't agree on what kind of chair they want to have made for them.
Fuwante's Sofa (フワンテのソファ)
Fuwante wants a sofa...even though it never sits down!?
Yadon's Cup (ヤドンのカップ)
Yadon's upset because the warm drink it ordered has gone cold, not realizing that all the blame lies on its inability to drink it fast enough!
Dokkorar's Chair (ドッコラーのイス)
Every chair Dokkorar tries out ends up getting its back snapped off by the giant piece of lumber it's always carrying around!
Gokurin's Plate (ゴクリンのおさら)
Gokurin wants a plate to go with its Berry, and before long the other Pokémon realize it's only because Gokurin wants to eat the plate as well! And the table! and the chair! And...!
Notes
N/A
| CoroCoro
Ichiban! August/September 2026 Issue |
Published:
June 18th, 2026 (scheduled)
| Pokémon
Fan Issue 099 |
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Author |
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