Mrs. Pepperpot

An NHK toddler's anime following a Spoon Princess and other kitchen themed characters.

Sachiko is an unhappy girl who is very picky about food, which is why she doesn't get enough energy and performs poorly at school PE classes. One night, a white rabbit appears and takes her to the Land of the Moon. There, she meets a princess who looks exactly like her except that she is active, happy and healthy. This meeting inspires Sachiko to change her ways.

The story centers around Wakaba Himeji, a fifth-grade girl who can see things others cannot. As a result, she is scared by her surroundings, keeps her distance from others, and lives a lonely life. One day, she meet a mysterious soft, pink creature that cries "Pupipo!" — and her life is changed from that day forward.

In the anime, the protagonist is overworked and always exhausted by daily life, and yearns for comfort and solace. They want to be kindly praised and healed. They think, "Children have it nice because they're spoiled." The protagonist wants to escape from reality, and so they go to a store and purchase a blue pacifier. When they put the pacifier in their mouth, it emits a strange light, and it magically transports the protagonist to another world. The protagonist is now in the body of a five-year-old child, and spends time at a day care center where there are many handsome men who are caregivers there. The caregivers use the "There, There Magic" to soothe the children at the day care center.