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Sailor moon saturn Protected by Saturn, the planet of Destruction, Guardian of Silence, Sailor Saturn.
~ Sailor Saturn's introduction

Summary

Hotaru Tomoe (土萠 ほたる, Tomoe Hotaru) is the civilian identity and the present-day incarnation of Sailor Saturn (セーラーサターン, Seeraa Sataan). She is one of the four Outer Guardian of the Solar System and was the tenth Sailor Guardian to be introduced in the manga. When she is first introduced, she was possessed by Mistress 9 and later adopted by Michiru Kaiou, Haruka Tenou, and Setsuna Meiou following Mistress 9's defeat. Her attacks are based around silence and destruction, death, and rebirth; she has the ability to annihilate a planet and even an entire "nebula", as well as resetting the evolution of the same to zero and powers granted by her Silence Glaive. This is the original depiction of the character created by Naoko Takeuchi. 

Powers and Stats

Tier: Low 2-C | Low 2-C | 2-C | 2-CUnknown

Key: Sailor Form (Planet Power) | Super Form (Crystal Power) | Eternal Form (Crystal Power) | Eternal Form (Galactica)Civilian Form (Complete)

Name: Hotaru Tomoe (reincarnation/host), Mistress 9 (presumed by the Outer Senshi), Princess Saturn | Sailor Saturn, Messiah of Silence, Soldier of Death and Rebirth, Soldier of Silence, Soldier of Ruin, Goddess/Deity of Destruction

Origin: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon

Gender: Female

Age: 12 (Infinity arc), .5 chronologically/5-9 physically (Dream), 9 physically (Stars); 7 chronologically (Epilogue)

Classification: Human, Infinity Academy Student, Sailor Guardian

Powers and Abilities:

Active

Passive

Conditional

  • Reincarnation (via her Star Seed she can also be revitalized if killed)

Supportive

Resistance to:

  • All of the previous (excluding Cyborgization)

Supportive

Resistance to:

  • Existence Erasure (Can exist without any effort in the Cauldron of the galaxy, which erases everything from existence with a simple touch at a conceptual level)

  • All of original form (excluding Cyborgization and Pain Suppression[note 1])

Active

Passive

  • Avatar Physiology (Is the avatar of the god of dissolution and renewal Saturn and chosen by fate)
  • Acausality (Type 4; timelines seem like a distant place rather than a different time period)

Conditional

Supportive

Resistance to:

  • All of the previous

Active

Supportive

  • All of the previous

Active

  • Universal Object (Her Sailor items is of universal force power over the essence of silence, destruction, death and rebirth)

Supportive

  • All of the previous (excluding Powers via Crystal and Planetary Object)

Active

Supportive

Resistance to:

  • Essence Manipulation (via lacking a Sailor Crystal)


Attack Potency: Universe level+ (Destroyed the Tau Star System, which has been stated to be a cosmos and alternate dimension, consistently stated to be a threat to "everything" and during her appearence in the ancient past she, with a single motion, killed all things) | Universe level+ (Even far more powerful than base Sailor Saturn; comparable to Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars who both destroyed a mirror world; comparable to Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter who temporarily destroyed Queen Nehellenia and her Mirror World) | Low Multivere level (Comparable to the strongest Sailor Crystals in the Universe whose powers are infinite, comparable to and helped Sailor Moon power up her attack to destroy Queen Nehellenia[1]; comparable to Sailor Animamates who can counter Eternal Sailor Moon's attack) | Low Multiverse level (Additional boost from the Galactica Bracelets increases her power far above normal, Chibi-Chibi had to step in to defend but knocked her down later on[2]), can ignore durability by destroying star seeds and manipulating one's essence via the Galactica Bracelets. | Unknown[note 3] (Absorbed some of the Lambda Power from Usagi)

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Superior to her civilian form flying to Charon Castle[3] at thousands of times FTL[4], faster than Sailor Chibi Moon transformed, faster than Arc 2 Sailor Moon), Immeasurable combat speed (Comparable if not faster than second arc Usagi having spread an attack through out the infinite universe and reaching the Corridor of the Spacetime Door which is accessible only via time travel) | Massively FTL+, Immeasurable combat speed | Massively FTL+ (Faster than Eternal Sailor Moon and the Kinmoku Senshi, who were able to traverse the galaxy in a panel[5]), Immeasurable combat speed (Comparable to the Sailor Animamates who can block and counter Eternal Sailor Moon's attacks) | Massively FTL+ (Faster than Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon and the Eternal Amazon Senshi, who easily traveled 25,000 light-years in an instant[6]), Immeasurable combat speed (Kept up with Eternal Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Chibi) | Unknown

Lifting Strength: At least Class G (Vastly stronger than Sailor Moon who can move on Nemesis) | Unknown

Striking Strength: Universe level+ | Universe level+ | Low Multiverse level | Low Multiverse level | Unknown

Durability: Multi-Galaxy level (Easily survived within Pharaoh 90[7]), possibly Universe level+. Particularly hard to kill due to Astral Hotaru and Saturn Spirit | Universe level+ (Even far more powerful than base Sailor Saturn). Particularly hard to kill due to Astral Hotaru and Saturn Spirit | Low Multiverse level (Superior to the Inner and the 3 Outer Senshi). Particularly hard to kill due to Astral Hotaru and Saturn Spirit | Low Multiverse level (Comparable to Evil Sailor Venus) | Unknown (Was able to maintain herself in the Galaxy Cauldron with some of the Lambda Power from Usagi)

Stamina: Unknown (Saturn was shown to be able to perform some very powerful attacks and not look tired) | Unknown | Possibly Infinite (Her Sailor Crystal provides her with infinite power[8]) | Likely Infinite under Sailor Galaxia | Infinite (Can exist in her heavenly form in the Galaxy Cauldron)

Range: Universal+, likely Interdimensional (Can reach Sailor Pluto[9] who is outside the spacetime continuum.[10]) | Universal+, likely Interdimensional | Low Multiversal | Low Multiversal | Unknown

Standard Equipment:

  • Amulet: A large silver crystalline pendant. It is a major asset of the Death Busters, which they use for various tasks. Pharaoh 90 had said that it was the very source of all his strength and energy. Professor Tomoe, claiming it was a family heirloom of her late mother, had given Hotaru the Taioron Crystal as a necklace in order to help her relieve her repeated seizures and energize her health.
  • Tiara: Part of any Sailor Senshi's fuku, except Sailor Cosmos, Sailor Galaxia, and Eternal Sailor Moon. When looking at the tiara from a distance it appears to have a rather simple smooth golden design with a circular red gem at it's centre. On closer inspection though one can see that it in fact has subtle details engraved in its surface and the gem itself is encased in a golden frame.
  • Saturn Crystal: The Sailor Crystal that Hotaru Tomoe used to transform into Super Sailor Saturn.

  • Silence Glaive 「沈黙の鎌サイレンス·グレイブ」: The Scythe of Death which can paralyze inter-dimensional incorporeal beings with a touch and allow her to use her Death-Based Abilities.
  • Staff 「つえ」: A staff Sailor Saturn carries.
  • Galactica Bracelets: Bracelets worn when Sailor Saturn was reconstructed to be a loyal subject to Sailor Galaxia. Can be used to fire blasts of energy at an enemy. Destroying them entirely and allowing the user to take their Sailor Crystal from them. They have purple and green gems on them.

Intelligence: Gifted (Very confident and intelligent beyond her human years, attended a school reserved for geniuses. As an Outer Senshi, she is probably smarter than the Inners), likely Genius (Can retain an inhuman amount of information[11])

Standard Tactics: Transforming | Her attacks are based around silence and destruction, death, and rebirth; she will annihilate the world, as well as resetting the evolution of the same to zero and powers granted by her Silence Glaive, in a time of crisis | Is bloodlusted under Sailor Galaxia | Unknown

Weaknesses: Timid, dislikes marathons and sports. If the incarnation of the Saturn Spirit dies before Sailor Saturn is awoken, the Saturn Spirit will disappear. The Taioron Crystal loses power overtime. Sailor Crystals contains the power of their planets, and will destroy the bearer's physical body if removed. Needs to maintain concentration to use her magic. Using her full destructive and deathly powers also causes her to perish. When she self-resurrects she comes back as a baby initially. | None notable normally, under the control of Sailor Galaxia, she loses her life if her Bracelets are destroyed. | Unknown

Feats:

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Notable Attacks/Techniques:

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Healing: Hotaru can heal small injuries with her energy.
Astral Hotaru: Hotaru can exist and maintain consciousness on the astral plane. While just a soul, she can sense and interact with the physical plane, damage beings that can normally absorb energy, and affect other souls.
Illusion Creation: Hotaru creates illusion to disturb people.
Simulation Creation: Hotaru can warp reality and create a small universe which contains the solar system, with this, she can know the exact story of the solar system since 4.6 billion years ago.
Henshin: Hotaru can use the power of her Sailor Crystal to transform into Sailor Saturn and than her stronger forms. The Henshin Power can also be used to teleport through dimensions or reverse enemy-magic and regenerate the entire body of a Sailor Senshi. In her case, she is surrounded by a force field which erases everything she touch.
  • Saturn Planet Power, Make Up: A phrase Hotaru Tomoe uses to transform into her standard and basic Sailor form as her alter ego, Sailor Saturn. The transformation was very brief, and her outfit change was never shown. First, Saturn's planetary symbol spun horizontally several times. Then Hotaru thrust her hand into the air and silver stars flashed over her fingernails, turning them white (very similar to Moon Prism Power, Make Up). In an instant Sailor Saturn was fully transformed, opening her eyes and sweeping down into her finishing pose, holding her Silence Glaive with the Saturn symbol behind her.
  • Saturn Crystal Power, Make Up: The transformation phrase used by Sailor Saturn in the manga. It was first used after her reawakening in Act 45 of the Dream arc of the manga. She raises her hand, shouts the phrase and transforms instantly into Super Sailor Saturn. In Act 49 of the Dream arc Hotaru raised her hand and yelled “Saturn Crystal Power!” to give power to Eternal Sailor Moon and then transformed into a form similar to Eternal Sailor Moon’s (called by fans as Eternal Sailor Saturn), along with the other Senshi. In the Stars Arc, Sailor Saturn appeared in her Eternal form but was never seen shouting a transformation phrase. However, it can be presumed that her transformation phrase, like the Inner Sailor Senshi, is the same as her Super form’s transformation phrase (“Saturn Crystal Power, Make Up”). It is also the only known transformation phrase Sailor Saturn uses in the manga.

At the end of the series, Hotaru absorbed the Lambda Power and could exist in "Perfectly Heavenly Form" within the Galaxy Cauldron which normally erases existence.

Saturn's Spirit and Avatar

Saturn Spirit: The Saturn Spirit is the spirit of Sailor Saturn which exists and acts independently of Hotaru. She can awaken her new incarnations into being Sailor Saturn and age them up artificially. However if the current Saturn incarnation dies without being awoken, the Saturn Spirit will disappear.
Existence Erasure: Through her henshin, she can literally erase everything around her. Mistress 9 was completely vanished thanks to this.
The Death's usher: Sailor Saturn with her energy can kill life just by touching a living thing.
Dexterity: Sailor Saturn is shown to be fairly skilled in performing her attacks confidently and does not fail in them.
  • Death Reborn Revolution 「死世界変革デス・リボーン・レボリューション: A destruction/death-based attack used by Sailor Saturn via the Silence Glaive against Pharaoh 90 at the end of the Infinity Arc of the manga. It rendered the extra-dimensional entity completely powerless and brought him great pain, as well as enormous amounts of destructive power erupted from the ground, destroying the ruins of Mugen Academy and much of the planet simply as an externality of the move. The attack releases dark tendrils from Sailor Saturn which paralyzes her enemy and drains the energy of the being into her negative aura.
  • Bringing Ruin to the World: By lowering the Silence Glaive to the ground, Sailor Saturn can end all life throughout an entire dimension. The attack carries the power of the void and was powerful enough to reduce Pharaoh 90 into nothingness itself. It was powerful enough to end the dimension with the Tau "Nebula" (Which is a Galaxy). This power is stated to turn everything that exist into nothingness, turning everything into the state of absolute void, including herself.

An even more powerful state of the Super Sailor Senshi derived from her own Sailor Crystal which lets her access higher forms and directly tap into the power of her planet.

  • Silence Glaive Surprise 「沈黙鎌奇襲サイレンス・グレイブ・サプライズ: A energy-based attack used by Super Sailor Saturn using the Silence Glaive in the manga. The true nature of the technique is unknown, but it does at least create a mist that hides Saturn's presence. It also seems to create a space-time vortex in front of Sailor Saturn. In the manga, it produced a massive energy blast sent from her glaive, similar but likely less powerful than in the first anime; however, since the Amazoness Quartet evaded the attack, its full effect (beyond causing an humongous amount of smoke in the environment as a result that disoriented them) was never seen. However, it was enough to intimidate the Amazoness Quartet into seeking truce at blade-point until Zirconia sealed them into stone balls, hinting at its extreme power.
  • Silence Wall 「不動城壁サイレンス・ウォール: Sometimes known as "Silent Wall", is a shied/barrier-based attack that Sailor Saturn had done by using her Silence Glaive. It protected her and others against her enemies and acted as an incredibly strong energy shield for her. Sailor Saturn creates a barrier that blocks enemy attacks. Its total integrity is unknown. However, Saturn's only use in the manga of this skill is in Act 45 to block attacks from the Amazoness Quartet who are powerful enough to harm Sailor Saturn and Sailor Chibi Moon with non-attack spells. By slamming the long side of the staff of the Silence Glaive in direction of whatever attacks her, Super Sailor Saturn creates a powerful wall-shaped shield in an instant that has yet to be overcome. It may be held in place by the blade of the glaive, and Saturn has demonstrated the ability to let the energy used to create Silence Wall seamlessly flow into its attack counterpart, Silence Glaive Surprise.

The Highest Conventional State of Sailor Senshi, in this state Sailor Saturn's powers are comparable with the strongest Sailor Crystals in the Universe. This state increases her stats and her attack power by a drastic degree.

After being killed and revived by Sailor Galaxia in Act 49 of the Stars arc, she possesses Galactica Bracelets similar to the ones Galaxia have. This form gives a further boost that increases power beyond that of the highest conventionsal state.

  • Galactica Glaive Surprise 「ギャラクティカ・鎌奇襲グレイブ・サプライズ: A energy-based attack and an evil version of Silence Glaive Surprise used by Sailor Saturn while she was being controlled by Sailor Galaxia's bracelets.
  • Star Seed Rip/Removal: The Galactica Bracelets also allow for the ability to steal the star seeds, taking away the very essence of a being and leaving the body to evaporate into dust.

Joint Attacks

  • Galactica Cannon: An energy-based attack used by Sailor Saturn and Sailor Pluto in the manga series. While under the influence of Sailor Galaxia and her Galactica Bracelets in the Stars arc, Sailor Saturn and Sailor Pluto used their respective weapons, the Silence Glaive and the Garnet Orb respectively, and attacked Sailor Chibi Chibi.
  • Galactica Planet Attack: An energy-based attack performed by the Solar System Sailor Guardians, excluding Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon, in the manga only. The Inner Senshi (excluding Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon) and the Outer Senshi performed this attack while they were under the influence of Sailor Galaxia's bracelets. It is an alternate version of Sailor Planet Attack.


Notes:

  1. Hotaru only had parts of her limbs cybernetically replaced with machinery before her first awakening being fully restored. After Mistress 9 swallowed the Silver Crystal, Pharaoh 90 no longer needed the Taioron Crystal, and he crushed it.
  2. If the world is in a state of crisis, she will automatically be summoned by the three talismans, no matter what.
  3. It's never been confirmed if the Sailor Senshi maintained their Lambda Powers outside the Galaxy Cauldron. As such it's unlikely these powers can be ascribed to EoS Sailor Saturn, and it should be probably be considered along the lines of one-off power-ups.

Explanations

Hotaru as Sailor Saturn possesses powers associated with silence and ruin, nothingness, destruction, death, and rebirth that made her a potential threat as she can wipe out a planet and even an entire star system or reset its evolution.

  • Death and Rebirth: Hotaru as The Guardian of Silence 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.
  • Great Healing Power: During Infinty Arc, Hotaru is shown to have healing power, curing Chibiusa's wounds after the battle in Act 28.
  • Age Shifting: After being reborn, in Dead Moon Arc, more precisely in Act 44, Dream 6, she is also shown to grow in a faster rate than a normal human, and when critical moment comes, she grows to a 10-year-old child. When Sailor Saturn's powers are brought back to her, she instantly grows back a 13 year old. But after the end of Dream Arc, she regressed of age back to a 10-year-old girl.
  • Illusions: In the same chapter, she also possess power to project, through illusions, what's on her mind, showing Super Sailor Chibi Moon and Pegasus, and after that, the history of Solar System's creation.

Gallery

Others

Notable Victories:

Notable Losses:

Inconclusive Matches:

References

  1. PSSM (Vol. 10)/Shinsouban, Act 49 Dream 11 - Earth and Moon Dream/Pg. 198-199
  2. PSSM (Vol. 12)/Shinsouban, Act 58 Stars 9/Pg. 152-154
  3. PSSM (Vol. 11)/Shinsouban, Act 53 Stars 4/Pg. 182
  4. PSSM (Vol. 12)/Shinsouban, Act 55 Stars 6/Pg. 41+44
  5. PSSM (Vol. 12)/Shinsouban, Act 56 - Stars 7
  6. PSSM (Vol. 12)/Shinsouban, Act 57 - Stars 8/Pg. 110
  7. PSSM (Vol. 8)/Shinsouban, Act 38 Infinity 12 Infinite - Journey/Pg. 126-127
  8. PSSM (Vol. 8)/Shinsouban, Act 39 Dream 1 - Eclipse Dream/Pg. 224
  9. PSSM (Vol. 7)/Shinsouban, Act 33 - Infinity 7 Transformation - Super Sailor Moon -/Pg. 124
  10. PSSM (Vol. 4)/Shinsouban, Act 20 Crystal Tokyo - King Endymion -/Pg. 170
  11. PSSM (Vol. 9)/Shinsouban, Act 44 Dream 6 - New Guardians Dream/Pg. 102
  12. PSSM (Vol. 7)/Shinsouban, Act 35 Infinity 9 "Infinite Labyrinth" 2/Pg. 224
  13. PSSM (Vol. 7)/Shinsouban, Act 31 Infinity 5 Setsuna - Sailor Pluto -/Pg. 21
  14. PSSM (Vol. 6)/Shinsouban, Act 28 Infinity 2 Ripples/Pg. 85
  15. PSSM (Vol. 8)/Shinsouban, Act 36 Infinity 10 Infinite - Upper Atmosphere -/Pg. 26+29
  16. PSSM (Vol. 8)/Shinsouban, Act 37 Infinity 11 Infinite - Judgement -/Pg. 92
  17. PSSM (Vol. 10)/Shinsouban, Act 45 - Dream 7, Mirror Dream/Pg. 47
  18. PSSM (Vol. 10)/Shinsouban, Act 47 Dream 9 - Dead Moon Dream/Pg. 122

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