Daichouhen Doraemon

It’s hard to rate Doraemon. Not because it’s complex, no. Just the opposite – it’s strictly for kids. The simple illustrations, the one-dimensional characters, the simple repetitive storyline, this is literally baby’s first comic. No, really, this was published in a magazine for 1st graders. Does that mean the manga is bad? Eh, not really, it does what it sets out to do. If you’re looking for something for your kid to read then sure, why not. If you’re looking for something for yourself to read, I’d suggest it only if you already have some nostalgic ties to Doraemon and just want to reminiscent about youryouth. By itself alone, the Doraemon manga does not really have some hidden enjoyment toggle for adults, and that’s okay. As a note regarding the story, one would expect for Long Stories to be also better stories, but when they are published right next to each other you really notice how the plotlines that later became Doraemon movies are really similar. Pretty much all of them are about ancient/future/alien civilization randomly finding Nobita/Nobita randomly finding them, the gang helps the civilization solve its problem, says farewell to the new friend they’ve made and that’s the end. The main difference over the regular Doraemon stories is that the problem mostly starts because of external reasons rather than Nobita causing it himself. If you’re mainly interested in the story, just watch the movies instead – at the very least they are nicer to the eye.