Hotaru Tomoe (土萠 ほたる, Tomoe Hotaru) is the daughter of Soichi Tomoe and Keiko Tomoe, and the civilian identity and present-day incarnation of Sailor Saturn (セーラーサターン, Sērā Satān). She is a close friend of Chibiusa and the last of the Outer Sailor Guardians to awaken.
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Appearance[]
Civilian[]
Hotaru mainly appears to have a black shoulder-length bob with purple shine on front and purple eyes. Like both Haruka and Michiru, who disguised themselves as students in Mugen Academy, Hotaru wears the standard Mugen Academy winter school uniform, as she wears blue stockings and black flats. In one episode, both of her arms and legs are revealed to be artificial before it regenerates back to her normal arms and legs.
Sailor Guardian[]
Sailor Saturn' sailor uniform consists of a white, chest-armored leotard, with three white shoulder pads that resemble flower petals, a dark purple sailor collar with no stripes, a dark purple choker with a six-pointed star attached to it, a dark purple skirt with a white puffy belt sat above it, and a maroon bow at the chest and a maroon bow at the back of her skirt with a white crystal on the center of her chest bow similar to a pure heart crystal. She wears a pair of dark purple knee-high boots laced up in the front, her gloves have pointy elbow fittings with dark purple on the ends that reach just below her elbows. A golden tiara with a dark purple, oval-shaped gem at its center on her forehead and she has white pearls adorned with a ring to look like her own guardian planet with white dagger pendants hanging from them.
As Super Sailor Saturn, she wears an upgraded version of the Sailor Saturn sailor uniform. The sailor collar now features one white stripe, her choker has a yellow star with a white gemstone in the center attached to it, the shape of her brooch at the center of her chest bow is now a white heart, the elbow fittings on her gloves are no longer pointy and look just like everyone else’s, the back waist bow is enlarged and lengthened, and the shoulder pads are more wing-like and translucent.
As Eternal Sailor Saturn, her sailor uniform changes completely. Her leotard no longer has chest armor, her shoulder pads are replaced with short light purple bubble-like sleeves with two dark purple fittings at the ends; they have somewhat of a translucent aspect to them, her choker is v-shaped with a yellow star in the center, her skirt now consists of two layers; dark purple on the top and light purple on the bottom. Her belt is now made up of two ribbons, the top one being dark purple and the bottom one being light purple, her brooch at the center of her chest bow is white and star-shaped, and her back bow is light purple and is back to its original size with narrow, long, dark purple ribbons extending from it down to her knees. She wears a pair of white knee-length boots that have larger heels and dark purple v-shaped borders at the top that have yellow stars in the center, her gloves now have dark purple, v-shaped wristbands and are extended to reach her upper arms, the gemstone in the middle of her tiara is now dark purple and star-shaped. and she has a white star dangling from a single gold stud.
As Princess Saturn, she wears a dark purple strap dress with lavender cloth that goes past her feet and a dark purple choker that is tied into a ribbon at the back with the streams running down her back. She has a gold necklace and her straps have three gold ornaments each. Her necklace and ornaments each have dark purple gems in them and she wears small dark purple stud earrings and dark purple high-heeled shoes with straps. She also wears long dark purple gloves.
Personality[]
In the Infinity arc, Hotaru is timid, quiet and always keeps to herself. Never having had any real friends, she is surprised yet happy to have met Chibiusa. She has growing fears of losing herself someday and struggles to keep her dark side in check, so as not to harm those she holds most dear. She and Sailor Saturn are initially entirely different entities with their own personalities. Saturn is cold, indifferent, and analytical and will do what needs to be done.
When she is reborn, as seen in Eternal and Cosmos, she is a cheerful and highly gifted child. She loves reading and can memorize entire books. She sometimes switches to a colder personality which is more reminiscent of Saturn. When she reawakens to her powers, she regains the memories of all of her past lives and in this new person Hotaru and Sailor Saturn are one and the same.
Information[]
Sailor Saturn was isolated from the Silver Millennium. She remained in slumber on the planet Saturn, only to be awakened when the kingdom was beyond revival. After the Silver Millennium was destroyed by the Dark Kingdom, with the death of Princess Serenity, the three special talismans activate to awaken her. Once awakened, she swings her Silence Glaive and ends all life, to be reborn. Sailor Saturn also perishes, and she is reborn as a human girl, Hotaru Tomoe, unless the worst should occur again, she will never be awakened.
At her birth, the powers of Saturn had lain dormant within her. At the age of six, she was in a lab accident that took the life of her mother Keiko, leaving her terribly injured and in a coma. While her father was experimenting on her to save her life, a dark force arrives and makes a deal to help him save her. The being provides a Daimon egg, which Soichi places in his daughter, which grew in power within her over the next few years.
Sailor Moon Crystal Season III[]
One night, Hotaru is asleep in her room, dreaming about three shadowed figures that are carrying three mystical treasures until she awakens out of fright. Some time later, Hotaru has another seizure and is offered assistance by Chibiusa, which she refuses; stating that she always has these attacks. Still in pain, she watches in shock when a Daimon appears out of nowhere and begins wreaking havoc. She's even more confused when she sees Usagi and Chibiusa transform into Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon. She later notices a cut on Sailor Chibi Moon's elbow and heals it. She tells Chibiusa to leave before the security guards come and introduces herself before leaving. In a dark hallway, Hotaru still feels weak when Kaolinite appears, saying that these attacks were quite worrisome. She ignores her and tries to walk away, but is stopped by the appearance of her father. She warns Kaolinite not to suck up to her father as she did not like her coming into her family. In her room, her father gives her a crystal amulet, that he says will make her feel better. Holding it to her chest, Hotaru suddenly notices that she did indeed feel better and stronger than before. However, she expresses fear and worries how long her body will hold up.
Some nights later, she begins noticing that she can’t suppress the dark being within her any longer. She tries harder, but is quickly overwhelmed by the being. By the time Sailor Chibi Moon arrives to protect Hotaru from the Outer Guardians, the evil spirit within her takes full control of Hotaru's body, transforming it into a grown woman, calling herself Mistress 9, who immediately steals Chibiusa's Silver Crystal, along with Chibiusa's soul. Within the body, Hotaru is ensnared in thorny vines, but she still fights against Mistress 9's control. Hotaru's capable of partially suppressing it from using Chibiusa's Silver Crystal, but can not prevent her from swallowing it completely. Hotaru remains strong and tries to stop the invader from gaining more power. She leads the Silver Crystal to Chibiusa's soul and encourages her best friend to fight on and that she will always be there to protect her. She hugs Chibiusa, saying that she will definitely save her and the Silver Crystal from being destroyed. She expresses sadness, feeling the destruction of her father.
She remains obstinate and resolved to stop Mistress 9 from escaping her body and absorbing the spirits' of Chibiusa, and the four Inner Sailor Guardians. She cannot stop Mistress 9 from breaking out of her body, so Hotaru takes the inner Guardians and Chibiusa's souls, and the Silver Crystal, out of the body and returns them to their owners. Knowing that she has little strength left, she appears at Mamoru's apartment and returns the soul and the Silver Crystal to their rightful owner. She cries, glad that her only real friend is safe again. As Mistress 9 begins to grow even stronger, and as her consciousness begins to fade away, she admits how glad she was to have met Chibiusa and that she truly loves her. Mistress 9 finally breaks out of the body and Hotaru fades away.
Upon the departure of the near-dead Pharaoh 90, Hotaru is reborn as an infant by Sailor Moon. Seeing the symbol of Saturn appear on her forehead, the Guardians knew the Guardian of Silence has been reborn. She is picked up by Super Sailor Neptune, who vows that she, Super Sailor Uranus and Super Sailor Pluto will raise her from now on.
Sailor Moon Eternal[]
Hotaru has been raised by Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna at their home as they live a peaceful life in the 6 months since the battle with the Death Busters. Hotaru is a happy child who enjoys her time with her parents while learning everything she can at an amazing rate. Since the day of the solar eclipse, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna realize an enemy is on Earth, but they, like the Inner Sailor Guardians, have lost the ability to transform. This also accelerates Hotaru's growth and she grew from a baby to a little girl. When Hotaru plays the violin during one of Michiru's lessons, ghostly apparitions of Helios and Chibiusa appear which ends with Chibiusa crying over Helios' dead body. Michiru sees Hotaru go from a happy child to a grim and serious one and worries Sailor Saturn may be awakening. Hotaru simulates the birth of the solar system, with Haruka's help, and runs it until the present day when they see darkness engulf the Earth and Moon. The adults know something is wrong and suspect their peaceful life is ending but try to ignore it. Sailor Saturn appears in a mirror and talks to Hotaru saying she is a part of her which is asleep and it is time to wake up. Hotaru regains the memories of her past life and she and Saturn become one and the same. The awakened Hotaru walks in on the others and tells them she is different than she was before and its time for them to return and protect the ones they care for. While holding her own Saturn Crystal, she gives Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna their Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Sailor Crystals restoring their ability to transform as they leave to help the others.
Hotaru and the others arrive at the Dead Moon Circus to find the Inner Sailor Guardians in trouble against the Amazoness Quartet and she transforms into Super Sailor Saturn and helps them with the others. They hold the Quartet back and eventually forces them to retreat. Saturn reunites with Super Sailor Chibi Moon and, as they chase after the girls, Hotaru tells Chibiusa she grew-up so quickly because she wants to fight alongside her. They corner the Quartet inside of a Circus tent and while their foes are out for blood Sailor Saturn is able to tell they are not normal enemies but corrupted Sailor Guardians. They deny they are trapped in a nightmare at first but as Hotaru and Chibiusa start getting through to them Zirconia arrives and trapped them all. Hotaru becomes a prisoner of Queen Nehelenia within the Mirror World with the other girls.
Eventually, Super Sailor Moon comes and saves her and Chibiusa. Before escaping the mirror world, Sailor Saturn takes the Amazon Stones the Quartet are still trapped in for safekeeping. Saturn joins the others to Elysion and rejects Nehelenia's notion that her curse destroyed the Silver Millennium. When Usagi took back her Silver Crystal, Hotaru took her Princess form and her Sailor Power Guardian, Guardian Saturn, arrives and asks her to send power from Titan Castle to Usagi's Holy Moon Chalice and this power, and that of the other Guardians, combined let them take their Eternal forms and destroy Nehelenia.
After Usagi and Mamoru's coronation, Saturn brings the Amazon stones to Usagi and asks her to free them. Out of the stones come the Sailor Quartet: the future guardians of Chibiusa who were forcibly awakened early and enslaved by the Dead Moon. Hotaru promises Sailor Ceres, Sailor Pallas Sailor Juno, and Sailor Vesta that she will keep their Princess safe as they return to their slumber awaiting the day of their true awakening. Hotaru returns to the surface with the other Guardians and begins to enjoy her newly earned peace alongside Chibiusa.
Sailor Moon Cosmos[]
Both Chibiusa and Hotaru hold hands together as they walk to. As Hotaru and Chibiusa are at the elementary school, they go to the nursery to surprise Setsuna but other students follow them because they’re jealous that she is Hotaru‘s mom.
Sailor Senshi Info[]
Hotaru possesses healing abilities; capable of healing scrapes, bruises and scratches. She also has the ability to foresee events that are yet to come.
As Sailor Saturn, she has powers based on silence and destruction, ruin and nothingness, death and rebirth. She possesses the power to completely obliterate an entire planet; thus reducing everything and everyone on said world to complete and utter nothingness by swinging down her weapon, the Silence Glaive. After the destruction all would be reborn in the future. She is shown to be powerful enough to fatally damage Pharaoh 90 while he is merged with the Earth, and to capable of forcing him from the planet's surface.
In addition to destructive powers, she also has healing abilities, which she is only seen utilizing as a civilian.
Transformation Phrases[]
Attacks[]
- Death Reborn Revolution
- Silence Wall
- Silence Glaive Surprise
- Galactica Glaive Surprise
- Galactica Cannon
- Galactica Planet Attack
Items[]
Gallery[]
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Sailor Saturn[]
Trivia[]
- Her tiara gem is purple/violet (which is her signature color), rather than white; like in the original anime and manga.
- Although Saturn Planet Power, Make Up is not heard, her first appearance in present-day involves a series of movements resembling the tail-end of a Sailor Guardian transformation sequence, including her planet symbol appearing on her forehead turning into a tiara, and the planet Saturn seen in the background behind her when she strikes her final pose.
- She loves poetry and reading, and the post-credit sequence of the first Sailor Moon Eternal movie shows her reciting a part of the poem The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats. She recites it in the manga too.
- In Sailor Moon Crystal, purple and white roses appear in the backdrop of Sailor Saturn's signature pose as she gives her introductory speech.
