HIDETOSHI DEKISUGI -2

enuinely express compassion for Nobita.

Gariben

In It's Solved! The Dekisugi Case, Gariben started giving Dekisugi a hard time by pulling prank calls at midnight in order for him to get low test scores. However, Doraemon and Nobita used the Object Electrical Transmission Adapter to capture the mysterious suspect. Gariben admits that he hated being the second best student in class and tried to ruin Dekisugi's reputation. But due to Dekisugi's forgiving nature, Dekisugi is willing to help Gariben study so that he can be as 

Skills and Talents

Dekisugi was remarkably intelligent; proven by scoring 100% on every exam, which enables him to finish his homework without any obstacle. He is deemed to be very athletic; as he shown prowess in Baseball (batting), Soccer (dribbling), and Tracks (agility and endurance). Artistic talents also seems to be one of his forte, especially realism. He once was able to depict the scene of a lake and portrait of Shizuka perfectly, which were highly praised by his peers. He also seems to be good at cooking.

He is an all-rounder for a boy of his age; for being adept at doing chores like crafting and cooking.

He also possesses several unique skills such as sleight of hand and magic tricks.

Personality

Despite his vast skills and talents; he shows modesty and gentleman-like behavior to his friends and never shows off. Dekisugi is also an incredibly intelligent and responsible child whom always finds time do revision and chores all the time. He has a lot of common sense and is very coordinated. He also seems to always encourage other people to do their best and never speak ill of them.

Dekisugi has shown tendency to thinking through reasoning and rationality. In short; he didn't believe in superstitions and regards them to be "scientifically explainable". He also doesn't seem to be mesmerized (much) by Doraemon's gadgets, but still intrigued by their whimsicality.

Trivia

• Dekisugi never appeared in the 1973 anime, this was possibly because the Fujiko duo were still working on the manga at that time and Dekisugi wasn't added until later in the manga.
• In the American English dub of the anime, Dekisugi's name is changed to Ace Goody, his first name means a skilled person (similar to his Japanese name) and goody means a good or favoured person.
• Dekisugi shares the same shape of facial features, including irises, nose and lips, with Shizuka or her friend. Because of this physical trait, Dekisugi is considered the most handsome boy in class.
• While Nobita is constantly requested and/or ordered to do impossible taks he doesn't want to as well as being picked on his entire life, Dekisugi is the only one that nobody ever bullies, even Gian never once hit him nor Suneo disrespects him.
  • However, when Gian asked Dekisugi to play baseball with him and his team, Dekisugi is eager enough to want to play. Due to his great athletic skills, he is praised by The Giants.
• In the mirror world, Dekisugi's counterpart is unintelligent and scores zeros on his tests.
• In the earlier Malay adaptation for the manga, Dekisugi's name was 'Sumuzan', 'Chong Meng' and the infamously mistranslated 'Tekisugi'.
• In the Spanish dub, Dekisugi's name was changed to Dekigusu to ease its pronunciation, while in the Latin America dub, it remained as Dekisugi.