Wiseman (ワイズマン, Waizuman) is the advisor to the Black Moon Clan as well as the main antagonist of the Black Moon arc of the 2nd season of the Sailor Moon anime.
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Appearance[]
Wiseman takes on the appearance of an abstract human skeleton shrouded by a large purple cloak. Almost never seen with it off, it obscures nearly his entire frame with only his hands visible. His hands are made of a blend of dark colors consisting of blacks, red, orange, and green. He holds a large dark swirling crystal ball in his hands at almost all times and at times, his eyes can be seen flashing from under his hood.
Information[]
In the 30th Century, Wiseman wanted to unleash total darkness and the Death Phantom upon planet earth. After the Black Moon Clan were expelled from the Earth by Neo-Queen Serenity, Wiseman took this as an opportunity to achieve his goal. He manipulated all members of the Black Moon Clan to unknowingly support his self-interest by encouraging them to hate the Earth, seek vengeance on Neo-Queen Serenity, and destroy Crystal Tokyo. Although Prince Demande was in control of the Black Moon Clan, Wiseman manipulated him behind his back.
Wiseman had the Black Moon Clan launch an attack on Crystal Tokyo, destroying everything except the Crystal Palace, which was protected by a barrier. When discovering that Sailor Pluto sent the daughter of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion, Chibiusa, to the past for safety, he and the rest of the clan traveled back in time to follow her.
In the present, Wiseman ordered the clan to find and destroy both Chibiusa (which they called the Rabbit) and the Silver Crystal, both being a threat to his plan. While in the present day, he also decided to conquer the earth of that time.
In the present, he found himself up against the Sailor Guardians, who slowly brought down many members of the Black Moon Clan. After Esmeraude's final defeat, he managed to kidnap and brainwash Chibiusa to do his bidding, turning her into Black Lady. The Sailor Guardians tried on many attempts to turn Black Lady good again but Wiseman kept preventing that.
Saphir discovered his true intentions after overhearing his plans and tried to warn his brother Prince Demande, but Wiseman attacked him. Badly injured, Saphir escaped to the Earth, but was eventually finished off for good by Wiseman. Demande later also found out of his true intentions and in a battle against Wiseman, was also killed by him.
Wiseman sent the Malefic Black Crystal to earth, where it grew, collecting power to open the gate to the dark world for dark energy to enter the Earth.
Black Lady had enough dark energy to open a portal to the dark world. In a final battle, Sailor Moon transformed to Neo-Queen Serenity and finally managed to turn Black Lady back to Chibiusa. It was too late, however, as the world was starting to turn to darkness under the dark powers controlled by Wiseman, who revealed that he was the Death Phantom himself. Serenity used the Silver Crystal to counter the dark energy. She was joined by Chibiusa, who had the Silver Crystal of the Future, which had become part of her, along with the Sailor Guardians. Together, they destroyed the darkness and Wiseman along with it for good.
Powers and Abilities[]
He has total power over the element of darkness, shadows, and chaos. He also showed the ability to unleash beams of destructive energy, which could take the form of wide white blasts of darkness, such as those used to kill Saphir, or black electricity-like energy, which he used to attack Sailor Moon and Chibiusa in the season finale. He also had deft control over the Malefic Black Crystal.
He was also a master manipulator, able to see people's hopes and desires (presumably through his crystal ball) and warp and twist them. He was shown able to manipulate not only his own followers, but even corrupt Chibiusa (and almost Usagi) into turning her evil by manipulating her memories. His crystal ball which was able to tell the future and what was occurring in far away locations; he used this ability numerous times to predict where Chibiusa would activate her moonbeams, and sensed that the Malefic Black Crystal reacted to Chibiusa's energy very strongly at one point.
Additionally, after Demande had "killed" him, Wiseman showed regeneration abilities, as his crystal ball began floating, his cloak reforming his body underneath. He was a very formidable foe that was a great challenge for Sailor Moon and Chibiusa to beat; they required the use of the present and future Silver Crystals as Neo-Queen Serenity and Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity, as well as the power of the Inner Senshi to defeat him.
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Trivia[]
- The German dub translated his name rather literally as Der Erleuchtete ("The Enlightened One").
- He and Esmeraude were the only main villains of the Black Moon Clan to be killed by the Sailor Senshi.
- He is the second enemy to use a crystal ball, the other being Queen Beryl. Additionally, both were the "bosses" of their organizations.
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