Ep. 45: Nobita uses his future self as a tutor, but they all lack study discipline.
Aired on May 23, 1979

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Nobita’s parents hire a tutor due to his poor grades, prompting him to consult his future self for answers. However, this future Nobita is also uneducated because he failed to study. This creates a recursive loop where that future self has his own future counterpart, who complains about the same lack of effort. The three versions of Nobita visit a kindergarten setting, concluding that academic improvement requires starting from the basics. Despite this realization, none of them possesses the resolve to instruct the young Nobita to study. Consequently, the group returns to the present without making any changes, leaving the educational cycle unresolved and highlighting the consequences of procrastination across different timelines.
Episodes
- Ep. 41 · Nobita seeks Doraemon's help to return a stolen red shoe to his former neighbor.
- Ep. 42 · Nobita uses charm lipstick to please parents but discovers a harmful version causing family conflict
- Ep. 43 · Nobita revisits memories of his deceased grandmother in this emotional flashback episode
- Ep. 44 · Nobita meets his grandmother and recalls being a brat in part two
- Ep. 45 · Nobita uses his future self as a tutor, but they all lack study discipline.
- Ep. 46 · Nobita uses Doraemon's forbidden machine to summon an alien who is initially angered by the call.
- Ep. 47 · Nobita uses a magic mirror to duplicate borrowed toys but accidentally creates a mischievous copy of himself
- Ep. 48 · Doraemon creates a paper copy of Nobita who escapes and has adventures
- Ep. 49 · Doraemon Uses a Mini Submarine to Travel to the Ocean