How Would Shizuka Use the Tools If She Had a Fourth-Dimensional Pocket

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Created At: 8/10/2025Updated At: 8/16/2025
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Hello! This question is really fascinating. We always see Nobita messing up with the gadgets, but if it were the calm and kind Shizuka using them, the whole story style of Doraemon might change. If I were Shizuka's friend, I imagine she'd use the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket like this:

A Pocket Full of Kindness and Gentleness

Shizuka's greatest trait is her kindness; she gets upset seeing cats or dogs being mistreated. So, her pocket would first become a "Compassion Rescue Station."

  • Key Gadgets: Jelly Translator, Doctor's Bag, Animal Transformation Biscuits
  • Usage Scenarios:
    • Seeing an abandoned kitten on the street, she'd first use the Doctor's Bag to check for injuries, then take out the Jelly Translator and gently ask, "What's wrong? Did you get separated from your mom?" After finding out why, she'd help it find its way home.
    • Seeing Gian bullying an animal again, she might use Animal Transformation Biscuits to turn herself into a gorilla or elephant (a gentle version, of course), using her size to "persuade" Gian to back off and protect the animal.
    • She might regularly use the Anywhere Door to visit wildlife reserves around the world, checking on endangered animals and quietly using gadgets to improve their habitats, like bringing rain to drought-stricken areas with the Weather Controller.

This is worlds apart from Nobita, who only uses gadgets to satisfy his own laziness and vanity.

The Ultimate "Study Committee Member"

Shizuka is a diligent student, but she'd never cut corners with gadgets like Nobita. Her approach would be more sophisticated, truly "assisting learning."

  • Key Gadgets: Anywhere Door, Time Machine, Memory Bread
  • Usage Scenarios:
    • When studying ancient Egypt in history class, she wouldn't just do it for homework. She'd actually ride the Time Machine to see the pyramids being built, experiencing history firsthand. Her report would undoubtedly be the best in class.
    • Learning about the Amazon rainforest in geography? She'd open the Anywhere Door to step into the rainforest (a safe spot, of course), breathe the air, and observe the unique plants.
    • Memory Bread? She might only eat a small piece the night before a particularly tedious, rote-memorization exam, and even then feel a little guilty, thinking, "Is this really okay?"

Creating the "Best in the Universe" Luxurious Bathroom

This one has to be mentioned! What does Shizuka love most? Bathing! With the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket, her bathing experience would reach heavenly levels.

  • Key Gadgets: Anywhere Door, Hot Spring Egg, Atmosphere Creator
  • Usage Scenarios:
    • Feel like soaking in a hot spring today? No problem! Open the Anywhere Door – one end in her bathroom, the other directly connected to an open-air hot spring in Hakone, Japan. She could soak while gazing at Mount Fuji.
    • Want a milk bath tomorrow? Use the Gourmet Tablecloth to fill the tub with fresh Hokkaido milk (a bit extravagant, haha).
    • Need better ambiance? Turn on the Atmosphere Creator, select "Tropical Rainforest Mode," with birdsong and floral scents filling the air, and tropical fish swimming around (harmless illusions, of course).

Nobita uses the Anywhere Door to peek at Shizuka bathing, while Shizuka brings the world's best baths to her home. They're in completely different leagues!

Solving Problems More "Gently"

Shizuka has a strong sense of justice, but she wouldn't blast Gian with an Air Cannon like Doraemon might. Her problem-solving approach would be more "psychological," fitting her personality.

  • Key Gadgets: What-If Phone Booth, Lie-Detector Mirror, Friendship Circle
  • Usage Scenarios:
    • If Gian steals Suneo's comic again, she might use the Lie-Detector Mirror to make Gian experience how it feels to have something he loves taken away, helping him understand his mistake through empathy.
    • If friends quarrel over something small, she'd bring out the Friendship Circle, making everyone hold hands to forcibly restore friendship, then sit down and talk things out properly.
    • Ultimate move: Step into the What-If Phone Booth and wish, "What if there was no bullying in this world?" While this might change the world, cautious Shizuka would likely check the outcome first before deciding whether to revert it.

Some "Harmless" Little Indulgences

After all, Shizuka is also an ordinary girl with small wishes.

  • Baked Sweet Potatoes: She might use the Gourmet Tablecloth or Agricultural Machine to grow the world's most delicious baked sweet potatoes, then share them with her friends.
  • Violin: It's well-known she's terrible at playing the violin. She might secretly use the Expert Robot to teach her, or Practice Makes Perfect X to speed up her learning, hoping to one day play beautiful music for everyone – not just fake it with gadgets.

Conclusion: A Kinder, More Peaceful Everyday Life?

Overall, if Shizuka possessed the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket, Doraemon stories would have far fewer laughable mishaps and many more heartwarming, healing, and clever little tales.

When Nobita gets a gadget, he thinks, "How can I solve my immediate problem?" When Shizuka gets a gadget, she thinks, "How can I make things better?" She would be a very responsible pocket holder, perhaps even better at using it than Doraemon himself.

That said, it's precisely Nobita's flaws that make Doraemon stories so imaginative and fun. If the protagonist were perfect from the start, we probably wouldn't get to see so many interesting failures and moments of growth, right?

Created At: 08-10 06:06:33Updated At: 08-10 09:32:45