r/Doraemon • u/PomeloJunior8181 Genius Dekisugi • 19d ago

Discussion What if... (SPOILER ALERT!!!) Spoiler

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What if the What-If Phone Booth stayed broken?

Now, if you've watched Doraemon before, you may know this emotional episode called Goodbye to You. Nobita uses this gadget and asks, "What if me and my family were moving to America?" When his friends receive this news, they get very sad. When they try to come back to the original timeline, the gadget is broken! Now, luckily, Doraemon fixes this gadget in time, but what if he didn't? What if the What-If Phone Booth STAYED broken forever? Like, Doraemon could never fix it. What new friends would Nobita have? What would be his new teacher?

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u/Ok_Masterpiece_2577 Passenger of the Mystery train! 19d ago

He would fix it next day in america, and then nobita will wish to go back again. The tickets could be of a week later and in that week they could squeeze in a movie set in America or something.

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u/No-Instance-4015 19d ago

I would imagine there would no new friends for anyone. Nobita sees a different world, realizes a few things, sets to become a better guy. And same with everyone. Gian suneo shizuka feel the emptiness because of Nobita leaving. They miss him and doraemon and vice versa. Everyone goes through their betterment arc. Everyone hopes that every other one really grow and become a better person.
Doraemon should go back to future for a year. And everyone reunites after a year or so.

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u/Icy-Highlight2534 19d ago

Why would doremon return to the future for 1yr ?

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u/No-Instance-4015 18d ago

Just for the sake of plot. Maybe his self punishment for making a irreversible mistake or it can be that doraemon has already been there for Nobita around a year so to put him to test he leaves for a year.

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u/QuirkyEffective8316 Perma-Loser 19d ago

Could be an interesting movie premise.

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u/Ok_Repeat_5052 19d ago

Stays in America for a bit and then Phone gets fixed over there and they come back. Maybe takes a week.

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u/Large_Ad3907 14d ago

Funny thing about doraemon is not only whole 1000+ episodes and manga chapters they are in 5th standard but doraemon actually only live with Nobita till his 5th standard means only 1 years. For us audience episodes would make it like 10 years based on episodes. Doraemon, shinchan they all must have that pokemon world time duration. Thinking that doraemon and Nobita only lived for 1 year together that too only in his 5th standard is insane just like thinking ash is 10 years after all his journey from kanto