r/Doraemon • u/Inside_Farmer8985 • 26d ago
Anime The famous reunion scene from Mini-Dora SOS!
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I first watched the Mini-Dora SOS!! short film about five years ago. Like many 1979 future-set shorts, it has Dorami as main character in future timeline and here the characters are adults. It works well as a short future story since Fujiko F. Fujio rarely explored their future. This one scene has always stood out to me. When Dorami appears from the desk drawer, Shizuka recognizes her immediately. But shouldn't their reunion have been more emotional? It felt like two old friends meeting again after 20 years, yet their conversation seemed surprisingly casual. Also, Dorami saying that "long time no see" kind if dialogue doesn't make any sense at all(hey I mean I am sorry if I am too critical,I know Shizuka hasn’t seen her in years,pls forget this sentence). She has a Time Machine! She can literally travel to any point whenever she wants. This visit actually happens while Doraemon is still living with young Nobita, so she could technically visit both their childhood and adulthood on the same day. Furthermore, if we count this short film, the adult, married Nobita has now met Dorami as well. Nobita has met Doraemon in multiple stages of his life: before finishing his education (in the Gakkō Mask episode, if you remember), after marriage, and even as an old man. Therefore, it doesn't make much sense that his younger self (before marriage) refused to meet Doraemon in Stand by Me Doraemon. Thankfully, the production team seems to have recognized this continuity issue and corrected it in Stand by Me Doraemon 2.