Shizuka Minamoto

Shizuka Minamoto (源 静香 Minamoto Shizuka), or Sue in the American and UK versions,[1] (born May 8) is the main female character in the Doraemon series. In the future after marrying Nobita Nobi, she is also known as Shizuka Nobi or Mrs. Nobi[2][3]

Shizuka's signature colour is pink, and she is mostly represented by the colour pink.

Appearance

Shizuka's appearance has changed little over the years of the Doraemon franchise, she is slim, has a light skin color, black eyes and her hair is usually dark in color and tied up in short pigtails.

In the 1973 anime, Shizuka is short, has dark brown hair, and in the episodes she appeared in, wore a short, pink dress with a white stripe, white socks, and red buckle shoes.

During the first few seasons of the 1979 anime, Shizuka had more of a cartoonish-look to her, with oval shaped eyes like in the later episodes of the anime, and has mild-colored skin. Shizuka's brown hair was carried over in the 1979 anime (though it became light brown, while in the 2005 anime, Shizuka has black hair like most of the other characters.) and her appearance was mostly the same as before, except she is a little taller, (as an adult she had her hair tied in a bun) and some of the episodes had her wearing different colored shoes. Also, in some episodes, wore outfits other than her pink dress (for example, a red dress, or a white shirt with a brown skirt and beige sweater) while the rest of the characters wore their normal clothes.

In the 2005 anime, Shizuka's height was shortened and her hair was changed to black to match the artwork in the manga, and mostly wore a pink shirt and a dark blue skirt, in some episodes she would wear a dress. In the recent movies, Shizuka has brown eyes. Overall, much of Shizuka's appearance has remained the same over the years, with some changes.

The CGI Shizuka has more realistic black hair with the bangs at the right side and dark brown oval shaped eyes. She wears a white overall dress with a dark pink top underneath and yellow buckle shoes.

Personality

Shizuka-chan (しずかちゃん) is a smart and kind neighbourhood girl. She is, unlike Nobita, quick-witted and very good at studying. Shizuka takes several baths in a day due to it being her passion.

She cares for weaker people and neglected dolls. She wishes to be a nurse or an air-hostess when she grows up. Both jobs reflect her kind nature.

Shizuka loves her dolls a lot, to the extent that she loves them more than her own friends. In one episode, Doraemon, Nobita and Shizuka put her dolls in Nobita's race cars and started racing. Nobita's car crashed and the doll fell out, making Shizuka hate him temporarily and throw things at him.

She is also known for taking piano lessons so she can refuse to hang out with Nobita, which she dislikes because she likes the violin better. Her true passions are sweet potatoes and the violin, in which her playing is as atrocious as Gian's singing.

Shizuka has a split personality, which is mostly shown in the 1973 anime and very early episodes of the 1979 anime.There are scenes that show her sleeping and eating at the same time, stealing her mom's lipstick for her to play with, swallowing an opal, and slipping over a banana peel. Also, in the episode "Magical Girl Shizu-chan", she stayed outside late, so her mother locked her outside. However, in the later episodes of the 1979 anime, she is portrayed as more 'girly' and ladylike. In the 2005 anime, she is still 'girly-ish' and sweet and kind, but a little less than the 1979 anime. In the English dub, her personality has been partially rewritten as a more tomboyish an athletic personality (although her kind and sweet nature remains) because during a screen test American kids didn't quite understand her original personality.

Family

Shizuka's mother is a kind woman. She has a prized opal that costs 5,000 yen. Shizuka's father appeared in only a few episodes, so not much is known about him. Shizuka's mother is shown in a some episodes telling Shizuka to have a bath or eat or go to her piano lessons. She also has a cousin called Kazu who lives in Hokkaido.

Relationships

Nobi Nobita

You really haven't changed at all. I worry about you. You need someone to look after you. Yeah..all right. The answer to your question is...yes

— Shizuka accepting the proposal of Nobita, Stand by Me Doraemon

She loves Nobita more than any of her friends but she gets angry when he looks at her bathing. She likes Nobita's kind heart and unlike most of her friends and classmates she doesn't shun Nobita for his laziness and pathetic grades. She rather encourages him to do what is right. She empathizes with him and stands up for him when he is attacked or bullied by Gian or Suneo. She marries him in the future, and have a child called Nobisuke Nobi. She really loves Nobita, as revealed in some episodes.

Takeshi Gouda

Shizuka and Gian are good friends, but Shizuka gets worried when Gian invites her to his music concerts along with her other friends as Gian's singing makes her feel sick. In one episode, she misunderstood and thought Nobita had beaten up Gian, and she was very concerned for him and angry at Nobita. Bully or not, this showed that Shizuka still cares for him. However when Gian and Suneo gang up to bully Nobita in front of her she stands up to them and shouts at them bullying Nobita.

Suneo Honekawa

Ah! Shizuka-chan is such a good cook!

— Suneo commenting on Shizuka's good food

Suneo and Shizuka are good friends. He often invites Shizuka, Nobita, Gian, and sometimes Doraemon to his house and tries to ask them to come with him at trip (in which Nobita rarely gets a chance to come with them). Shizuka also apparently admires Suneo's drawing talent, as shown in some episodes. Shizuka also appears a lot of Suneo's dreams, where he rescues her from danger. Suneo often tries to flaunt his materialistic wealth and his father's contacts in front of Shizuka usually by taking her to trips to various places, bringing her souvenirs from exotic places his family visits of by bring her autographs from famous actors, actresses and sports-persons. However when he excludes Nobita from his trips or games Shizuka is usually angered and decides to leave Suneo in order to cheer up Nobita.

Doraemon

Shizuka often invites Doraemon and Nobita to taste the cakes and cookies she makes. They are good friends and Doraemon and Nobita loves to eat the cookies make by Shizuka. Sometimes she asks Doraemon to borrow his gadgets, which he happily agrees to do so. In one of the episodes Doraemon helped her become a fairy godmother in order to help the children of the city and he lent her his 4D Pocket filled with his gadgets to do so.

Hidetoshi Dekisugi

Dekisugi is a good friend of Shizuka's. Shizuka often forms a study group (in some terms, a study 'couple') with Dekisugi when she has problems with her homework. She occasionally invites Dekisugi as well as Nobita over to her house to taste her home-made baked desserts. She also goes with him to the library, sometimes. However, she never calls him by his first name. It has known that Dekisugi has proposed to her, Shizuka refused since he was too "perfect" (unlike Nobita) and can live by his "own".

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Doraemon Anime's Visual & Script Changes for U.S. TV Detailed" (Archive). Anime News Network. May 11, 2014. Retrieved on November 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Cuddliest Hero in Asia" (Archive). Time. Retrieved on November 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Shizuka Minamoto". giantbomb.com.
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