Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2) is a 2020 Japanese animated science fiction comedy film based on the Doraemon manga series and a sequel to the previous movie, the 2014 film Stand by Me Doraemon. Directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki, it is primarily inspired by the 2000 short film A Grandmother's Recollections and the 2002 short film The Day When I Was Born. Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film outside of Asia (despite it streaming on Asian Netflix as a non-Netflix Original) and released on the service December 24, 2021.
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Plot
The film opens during the events of the previous movie when Nobita is in the day before his wedding with Shizuka, however his future self is seemingly distraught.
After a scolding from his mother, present Nobita grows discouraged and questions his true identity. While searching for a place to hide his exam results, he finds an old teddy bear given by his late grandmother, triggering memories of her. Nobita insists on seeing her, and Doraemon reluctantly agrees.
In the past, they encounter younger versions of Nobita, his friends, and family. By chance, Nobita reunites tearfully with his grandmother, fulfilling her wish to see him during his primary school days. However, she also wishes to see his future bride. They panic when discovering that the future Nobita has apparently run away from the wedding. In the future, present Nobita fills in for his future self during the wedding but leaves midway due to stage fright during his speech. Desperate to find the future Nobita, they discover that the time machine has vanished. Doraemon uses the "Soul Time Machine" to transport Nobita's soul to the past, enabling them to retrieve the time machine and the "Path-Finding Stick". By using the stick, they manage to find the future Nobita who is hiding in the present era. He explains why and how he got to this era and laments that he could have been a better person and that he would be happier if Shizuka forgot he existed entirely. To help him overcome his resentment, Doraemon uses the "Switching Rope", a trial gadget sent to him earlier, to swap the bodies of the two Nobitas. However, a salesperson from the future then arrives telling them that if they are not switched back within one hour, their memories would be erased permanently.
