How did Pomni get into the Digital Circus

Pomni gets into the Digital Circus by putting on the headset and being pulled into the virtual world, where she wakes up trapped inside the circus with no clear way out. The show treats it as an abrupt, surreal event rather than a detailed, realistic transport process.

What is shown

Pomni is introduced as a newcomer who arrives after interacting with the headset, and the story immediately follows her confusion and panic inside the circus. The pilot focuses more on her reaction and the weird rules of the world than on explaining the exact mechanics.

Why it feels vague

The creators leave the “how” intentionally mysterious, which fits the unsettling tone of the series. That mystery is part of the hook: the audience learns the rules of the Digital Circus alongside Pomni.

Simple version

• She uses the headset.
• She ends up inside the Digital Circus.
• The show does not fully explain the transfer process yet.

TL;DR: Pomni is implied to have been drawn into the Digital Circus through the headset, but the series keeps the exact mechanism deliberately unexplained.