Chapter 1

Getting started / Reading the screen

From first launch to what each part of the home screen is called. Later chapters use these names.
Updated: 2026-10-27

This chapter covers what happens the first time you open the app, and what each part of the home screen is called.

Later chapters reuse the names introduced here, so it is worth a quick read first.

The screenshots are from the Android phone app. Apple Watch lays things out differently because the screen is smaller, but you can do the same things in the same order. Differences are noted with "⌚ On Apple Watch".

Words used in this manual

Name	Where it is	What it does
Home screen	The first screen after opening the app	Where your character stands. Everything starts here
Header	Top edge of the screen	Affection, points, missions, events and settings
Points (pt)	The ⬢ chip in the header	In-app points, used to get characters and costumes
Speech bubble	Above or below the character	The text of whatever your character just said
Action bar	Just below the character	Fortune, weather and games. Always available
Menu	Below the action bar	Everything else. Collapsed by default

1-1. The first time you open the app

On first launch you get an introduction — tap Next to move through it (six pages; ⌚ Apple Watch has the same six).

Two more pages follow: linking an account and using your location. Both can be done later from settings, so "Set up later" and "Not now" are perfectly fine here.

⌚ On Apple Watch the location page has a single "Continue" button. Your device then asks for permission, and you choose there (the app works without it, and you can change it later in Settings > Weather > Use Location).

Reaching the end takes you to the home screen. Skip in the top corner is fine too.

⌚ On Apple Watch you get the same six pages. The screen is smaller so the text arrives in smaller pieces, but the order and the content are the same. If a sentence looks cut off, swipe up and down to read the rest.

You can read it again later. Open settings and tap "Show the guide again" under App info at the bottom.

1-2. The home screen at a glance

From top to bottom: header → speech bubble → character → action bar → menu.

Left alone, your character mutters to themselves, stretches and tilts their head from time to time. Moving on its own is the normal state — nothing is wrong.

⌚ On Apple Watch only the header and the character are visible; the action bar and menu become a single horizontal strip of small icons (the icon row).

1-3. The header

From left to right:

Item	Meaning	Tapping it
Concierge + name	The character currently with you	—
♥ (hearts)	How close you are. More hearts as you get closer	Opens the character's profile (→ Chapter 3)
⬢ 000 pt	Points you hold	Opens the point shop (→ Chapter 4)
🎯 0/3	Today's missions completed	— (missions are listed at the top of the game screen)
🎉	Only on special days (New Year, Tanabata, and so on)	Your character says something about the day
⚙ Settings	Settings	Opens settings (→ Chapter 8)

An orange dot next to the hearts means there is profile text you have not read yet.

⌚ On Apple Watch there is no room for the character name or the heart, so they are not shown. You get four items and the clock: ⚙ Settings / ▨ Menu / ⬢ Points / 🎯 Missions. Open the profile from the character section in Settings instead.

1-4. Opening the menu

The menu is collapsed by default so that your character stays large.

Tap "▽ More" just below the action bar to expand it.

Tap "△ Less" in the same place to collapse it again. The app remembers which state you left it in.

Turning the phone sideways collapses it automatically. In landscape there is very little vertical space, and an open menu would leave almost nothing for your character. You can still reopen it by hand.

⌚ On Apple Watch the grid icon (▨) in the top right does this — it shows and hides the icon row. When the icon glows cyan the row is open.

1-5. What is in the menu

The rows appear in this order. Rows you never use can be hidden (→ Chapter 8).

⌚ On Apple Watch you choose what appears in the icon row under Settings → Home screen → Reorder / Show. Hiding what you never use puts the rest within closer reach.

Row	Contents	More in
Location	Here / Sights / Local specialties / Food	Chapter 7
Notes & tasks / Photo	Reminders, and photos with your character	Chapter 7
Give a gift	Presents that bring you closer	Chapter 3
Concierge	🧳 Contra / 🔮 Tarot / 🌐 Concon	Chapter 5
Ranking & region map	Popular characters and how regions stand	Chapter 9
Tools	Timer / Workout	Chapter 7
Costume	Change outfits	Chapter 3
Characters / Background	Choose and obtain characters and backgrounds	Chapter 3

The three concierge tiles show a small emoji status only when there is something to know. A sentence would wrap and make the tile taller than its neighbours, so the state is an emoji and the time is just digits.

Shown	Meaning
🧭 3:20	Contra: on a trip, back in 3 minutes 20 seconds
🎁	Contra: back home — tap to collect the souvenir
🆓	Tarot: your first free reading is still available
⏳ 1:20 ✅	Concon: 1h20m to the next battle, your action is set
⏳ 1:20 ❗	Concon: 1h20m to the next battle, no action set yet

1-6. The speech bubble

When your character speaks, the text appears in a speech bubble.

• Size, colour, opacity and position of the text are adjustable (→ Chapter 8)
• You can turn the text off and keep voice only
• You can turn the voice off and keep text only — handy in quiet places

That is the whole screen. Next up: what happens when you touch your character.