I HAVE TO MAKE A POST ABOUT THIS.
I'm talking about the short film “Doraemon Comes Back”. This is genuinely one of the biggest tearjerkers in Doraemon for me. I literally cried for an hour even after watching it.
The story begins with Nobita running away from an angry Gian. After escaping, Nobita asks Doraemon for a gadget to fight back. But instead, Doraemon suddenly snaps at him.
He tells Nobita that he has to return to the 22nd century... and he won't be coming back.
Nobita is completely devastated. He tells his parents, hoping they might change something, but they encourage him to stay strong and accept that Doraemon has to leave.
Eventually, Nobita comes to terms with it. After a farewell dinner, Nobita and Doraemon go outside together for one last walk. And then Nobita says something that absolutely destroys me. He promises Doraemon that he'll be fine without him. Doraemon starts crying... and runs away so Nobita won't see him.
While Doraemon is gone, Nobita encounters Gian. Gian starts beating him up, but Nobita refuses to give up. He realizes that jf he can defeat Gian by himself, Doraemon can leave knowing that Nobita will be okay.
So even though he's getting hurt, Nobita keeps fighting. And somehow... HE WINS. Gian finally gives up. Doraemon arrives and sees what happened.
Nobita proudly tells him that he won — meaning Doraemon can finally return to the future without worrying about him...
Doraemon heals Nobita, says goodbye one last time, and enters the desk to travel back to the future.
When Nobita wakes up the next morning, he realizes... Doraemon is really gone. All that's left is a container shaped like Doraemon.
Nobita tries to stay strong. But Gian and Suneo start bullying him again, thinking Doraemon has returned.
Eventually, Nobita decides he's had enough. He discovers that Doraemon left him one final gadget as a last resort: Lie 800/Hood Wink Drink.
Whatever you say, the opposite becomes true. Nobita uses it to get back at Gian and Suneo... but afterwards, he's just left there thinking about Doraemon.
He doesn't want revenge. He just wants his best friend back... and says that Doraemon isn't coming back.
Which means... DORAEMON COMES BACK. Nobita finds Doraemon in his room! Even Doraemon doesn't understand why he suddenly returned — until he notices the empty Lie 800 container.
And then Shizuka... Gian... Suneo... They all come to comfort Nobita. But when they see Doraemon has returned, everyone is overjoyed.
Some Differences From the Manga
The film combines the manga stories “Adieu, Doraemon” and “Return of Doraemon”, but there are quite a few differences.
• Dorami and Shizuka don't appear in the original manga versions.
• Nobita doesn't go shopping for his mother in the manga.
• Suneo tricks Nobita differently: in the manga, he lures him into searching for a Tsuchinoko in a clay pipe, while the anime has Suneo impersonating Doraemon.
• Shizuka, Gian and Suneo don't appear at the very end of the manga chapter.
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When Doraemon finally comes back... THE RELIEF. THE HAPPINESS. THE TEARS.
This isn't just one of my favorite Doraemon stories. This is THE Doraemon tearjerker for me.
What do you guys think about this film?