How Was Sailor Moon Initially Marketed to Audiences? This means that Queen Serenity created the area, assigned Sailor Pluto to watch over it, gave her the rules to operate under… and ultimately it was none other than Queen Serenity herself to condemn Sailor Pluto to death. In fact, this ability of Luna-P's is anime-only. In addition to these powers, when the Space-Time Door has been misused, Sailor Pluto is able to close off passage to other worlds. Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン, , Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn), ook bekend als 'Sailor Moon: het meisje met de macht van de maannevel', Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, is een Japanse mediafranchise, die bedacht is door Naoko Takeuchi.De franchise bestaat uit onder andere een mangaserie, animeserie, meerdere films, verscheidene musicals … of Japanese Animation, "Sailor Moon R English Dub Casts Sandy Fox as Chibi Usa, Veronica Taylor as Sailor Pluto", "Sailor Moon Crystal: "Act 19 - Time Warp, Sailor Pluto" Review", "Sailor Moon Crystal: "Act 21 - Complication, Nemesis" Review", "Sailor Moon Crystal: "Attack, Black Lady" Review", "Sailor Moon Crystal: "Showdown, Death Phantom" Review", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sailor_Pluto&oldid=1004486906, Fictional characters who can manipulate time, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 February 2021, at 20:58. While you’d naturally assume that this would give her a lot of leeway to engage in excellent adventures and bogus journeys, unfortunately for her, she’s bound by what’s known as the Three Taboos: The first two are “rules” to the extent that covering your mouth when you sneeze is a rule — it’s the right thing to do, but nothing bad will happen to you if you don’t. Her sailor suit theme colors are black and garnet and in its first iteration has no sleeves and a jewel hanging from the choker. She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Guardian of Change,[12] Guardian of Revolution, Guardian of the Afterlife, and, most commonly, Guardian of Time. Of all the Sailor Scouts, Sailor Pluto is probably the one that fans know the least about. Pluto is supposed to prevent anyone from messing around with time… and that needs to include Pluto herself. Browse more videos. she will perish. Her civilian identity was Setsuna Meiou or Trista in the English dub. Okay, the “Pluto is not a planet” joke is really getting old. "[24] Natale Conti cites Pausanias in noting that keys are an attribute of Pluto as the scepter is of Jove (Roman Zeus) and the trident of Neptune (Poseidon). [33] In early 1996, with fifty one choices, Setsuna was the twenty-ninth most popular character and Pluto was the twenty-first. Sailor Moon Crystal Act.25: Sailor Pluto's Death. She is unique among all the characters in that she is stationed at the Door of Space-Time, with the specific duty of forbidding anyone to pass through it without permission. Setsuna – Sailor Pluto – tends to stand out just a bit from the other members of the Sailor Team. 1:02. Learn how your comment data is processed. However, there being a heart-shaped region on Pluto was an accident as there was no way for Takeuchi to know what Pluto looked like in real life until 2015. She gets her turn to be reincarnated just like the others. Time can be a powerful weapon when in the right hands. A third, manga-only form appears in act 42, unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[14]. [9] In the manga and Crystal, not even the cats know she exists at first. Sailor Pluto is the guardian of the Space-Time Door. The identity of who set Pluto at the time door and gave her the taboos and when this might have happened are also never stated in the anime. She acts as Chibiusa's guardian. Why Did Naoko Takeuchi Nearly Call Off Her Own Wedding? As Princess Pluto, she dwelt in Charon Castle and wore a black gown—she appears in this form in manga act 41 as well as in supplementary art. [21] In the anime, she uses this power to allow Sailors Uranus and Neptune to escape from a helicopter explosion. 0:27. If I had to assign someone to guard over the ability to use that kind of power, I might do just the same thing. Sailor Pluto’s death is honestly one of the weirder moments of the manga, in that it’s the sort of scene that exists purely for drama but still has the decency to be foreshadowed to some extent. Chapter one: Sailor Pluto dead? She is identified as the "Guardian of the Underworld" wearing a black-themed sailor suit. Sabrina Grdevich voices her during her physical appearances in Sailor Moon R and the two movies she appears in, where she sounds like a valley girl very much out-of-character with how Pluto is portrayed in the Japanese dub and manga. Was Queen Serenity justified in placing such harsh restrictions on Pluto? [32], The official Sailor Moon character popularity polls listed Setsuna Meioh and Sailor Pluto as separate entities. Sailor Pluto vs Viperion is a death battle putting two-time manipulators against each other in a battle to the death! You don’t know that they CAN’T do it. She was among those given the duty of protecting the Solar System from outside invasion. A small quirk occurs in continuity between the manga and anime. Sailor Pluto is not introduced until late in the Sailor Moon R series. If Pluto broke any of the first two rules while SIlver Millenium still existed, she’d probably be punished somehow by the queen for disobedience, but that’s it (“no going back in time to make sure you end up being Endymion’s lover instead of my daughter or I’ll slap your paws, girlie!”). A god on par with Serenity or maybe more powerful? Features Daimon, Outer Senshi, Sailor Neptune/Michiru Kaiou, Sailor Pluto/Setsuna Meiou, Sailor Uranus/Haruka Tenou Date April 4th, 2014 101 Responses to “#69 A Timely Death” My guess, and it’s a pure guess of course, would be that, whether she’s a literal god-moonie half (could that be why she’s the only one with darker skintone? [13] Throughout the course of the series, Sailor Pluto breaks all three of these rules. Why? The first two taboos concern the Space-Time Door itself, which Queen Serenity presumably created and had power over. But just why is that? During the manga's Black Moon arc, she is depicted with a chain of keys around her waist. The strain it could cause on the body to be the only thing in existence to still be moving forward might be too much. [37] Finally, the author said that the penultime episode of the season should not be named "Showdown, Death Phantom" but "Heroine, Sailor Pluto", since she "knew she was going to die once she left the Space-Time door and used her Garnet Rod to stop time, but she didn't care. Today we’re going to take a closer look into Sailor Pluto’s so-called “taboos” and how they ended up being placed on her. In the Sailor Moon musicals, Sailor Pluto has an unrequited love for King Endymion. Then when she wanted Pluto back in the story, she just kinda decided to fudge it and ignore that rule altogether. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Sailor Pluto has power over both time and space[12] and is ordinarily stationed at the Space-Time Door (a time travelling gate) to prevent its use. If you have any unfortunate news that this page should be … [22] In each case, she sacrifices herself on pain of death, but is reinstated later in the series. First off, according to statements made by Nehellenia,5 we know that Queen Serenity and her retinue came to the Earth during the planet’s infancy, quite possibly shortly after the hypothesized planetary impact that created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.6 She describes a desire to watch over the planet though there is clearly no civilization in place at the time on the Moon or seemingly elsewhere in the area. She didn’t want people to walk in an out freely to avoid weird paradoxes, so she put a guard in there – and what better candidate than a daughter of the time god himself! Why would tapping into her planet godly magic cause her death though? [30] In the Japanese dub of Crystal and all media since, she is voiced by Ai Maeda. In the stage musicals, Setsuna has been portrayed by Miwa Hosoki, Rei Saitou, Yuki Kamiya, Seiko Nakazawa, Teruyo Watanabe, Yuko Hosaka, Yukiko Nakae, Miho Yokoi, and Mikako Ishii. She acts as Chibiusa's guardian in the anime,[1] but is more of a friend in the manga and Crystal and her deference to the future queen is apparent. Wow, okay, so things escalate quickly between these rules, now don’t they. She has her hair tied in a small bun as the rest of her hair is loose and wears a red dangling earring. Queen Serenity made the act of stopping time taboo to prevent Pluto from accidentally killing herself. At least with the manga you can tell yourself that she deserved a reincarnation just like all the other characters had… the anime version makes no sense. If he is in fact her literal father, and that’s not just all symbolic, I’m not sure that’s a better one to blame. Required fields are marked *. Ankoku no Princess Black Lady and its revision Tanjou! Por outro lado, a história de Sailor Moon não teria começado. The attack was first used in Episode 112 against Daimon U-Estern. You mess with time, you mess with everything else. So… all of the other characters originally died in the past, and were reincarnated on the present day Earth. In fact, as soon as Uranus and Neptune show up in the anime, Pluto loses her independence and does whatever they do, despite not being as harsh towards the Inners for their idealism. First appears in act 18 of the manga and episode 112 of the anime. The reason for garnet specifically being associated with Sailor Pluto is probably due to an elaborate pun regarding her underworld-based powers and mythology. One of the themes of the show are that they were all born together at the same time. [27] Likewise, Setsuna is never actually shown to enjoy shopping nor to dislike cockroaches, eggplant, or the study of music, yet all of these things are delineated by Takeuchi well after the character's introduction. Considering that Neo Queen Serenity is clearly unable to reincarnate people on a whim elsewhere in the story,8 I think it’s not unreasonable to interpret this as the heir to the Moon family throne forgiving Sailor Pluto for her transgression. He seems to be the one governing time. Since King Endymion only appears in person in the Black Moon arc, it makes sense why it never appears outside of that story line. Yes, it’s a reach… but not impossible, so it’s not a definite plot hole. Together, they constitute most of the name of the dwarf planet Pluto in Japanese: Meiōsei (冥王星, "dark king star"). Why Did Naoko Start Writing Sailor Moon Attack Names in Kanji? Not leaving her post is probably a rule more than a taboo. Uses the Garnet Orb. kofiwidget2.init('Buy Me a Coffee', '#46b798', 'A1684SVH');kofiwidget2.draw(); I’ve thought that the death as a side-effect for using the time stop (like it completely drains her life-force), which could have been a warning from Queen Serenity. Sailor Moon Eternal – A Spoiler-Free Review. Therefore, the Guardian of the underworld king planet (Pluto) incorporates garnet into her outfit and weapon. Therefore, the time stream is something far broader than just Pluto’s Time Gates, and thus the Time Gates’ control of the time-stream, and thus the degree of control over the time-stream that Queen Serenity “exercised” and then passed on to Pluto, was obviously limited, as the time-stream was something far beyond even Queen Serenity herself, and therefore it’s obvious that her getting some degree of manipulation of it would come at a price. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. That could be explained by considering that Sailor Pluto never stops time after she is reincarnated. Pluto planet, being the last of the solar system, the furthest from the sun, is uninhabitable for men and because of that it had been linked to the god of death and the underworld. In Silver Millennium, Sailor Pluto was also the princess of her home world. I think those rules just exist. What Was the Inspiration Behind Zoisite and Kunzite's Relationship? Sailor Pluto is not introduced until late in the Sailor Moon R series, though she appears earlier in the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, in the chapter/episode named after her, though this is still at the halfway point. Notice that when Pluto and Saturn are finally reunited with the rest of the senshi, the team is at their strongest. Pluto and Endymion say that the world will be destroyed by a huge distortion in space-time if the crystals touch, but Demand doesn’t seem to know this. So we don’t know she was involved.”. Luna calls her a "lone warrior," noting the sadness in her eyes. She is first seen contacting Chibiusa through Luna-P. Sailor Pluto is one of the four Outer Senshi of the Solar System, as well as the guardian of the Door of Space Time, and was the penultimate Senshi to be introduced in the Cinematic Universe.Her civilian identity is Setsuna Meiou.Her attacks are based around time, … [12], The statistics listed for Setsuna in the back of manga volume 10 are unusual in that most of them never come up in the series itself. She is also stated to be the daughter of Chronos, the god of time. Congratulations, you've found my blog. And then she shows up as Setsuna a few acts later, seemingly not knowing she’s Sailor Pluto, and is reawakened to her identity as a Sailor Senshi during the fight with Tellu. — Sailor Pluto's introduction. Setsuna is not shown using any special powers while in civilian form. sailor pluto dies – chibiusa returens to her self after pluto’s sacrifice her self to save small lady and everything ! Furthermore, even though Pluto said no one but the members of the Silver Millenium can enter the misty place where the Time Gates are located, that was until the arrival of the Black Moon, since Wiseman and co. did it too, bypassing Pluto and her door, and the fact that it’s the same place is what made it possible for Wiseman to bump into the lost Chibiusa in there, and kindap her. Contrariwise in the manga and Crystal, Setsuna is Haruka and Michiru's equal and she even attempts to investigate the strange going-ons at Infinity Academy by herself before she reawakens as Sailor Pluto, for instance, by buying one of Tellu's Tellun plants (who she later kills). In the anime, this relationship is not focused on and Pluto loses her prominence. First appears in act 31. In the anime, Sailor Pluto appears in relatively few episodes (despite being the sixth Sailor Guardian introduced) and does not really do anything of consequence, even her sacrifice comes off as existing simply because it was in the manga and the writers felt the need to include it, despite the circumstances not being as dire and heart-wrenching. I think that one could be manmade (moonmade?) selene is a titan and the grand daughter of the first two recorded gods in existance, that’s along time to watch over how things work, and perhaps she has seen the future and is warning pluto that when she uses this tech. 3:21. Likewise she doesn't display any personality traits associated with Scorpios despite being born under the sign; it seems to have been picked solely for its astrological significance. Subscribe now and be the first to know when new articles are added! The fact that Pluto also needed to “close the time-space passage” that Paharoh 90 and Mistress 9 had opened between Earth and their home planet, in arc 3, shows that others can also manipulate the space-time continuum without needing to use Pluto’s Time Gates, and that even though Pluto’s Time Gates are a pretty ancient and powerful device to manipulate it, they certainly aren’t the only thing capable of it. Sailor Pluto is one of the main protagonists of the Sailor Moon media franchise. [2] Her personality has been described as distant and somewhat lonely; however, she does consistently display warmth and affection for Chibiusa. Sailor Pluto’s taboos and isolation at the door was another one of Serenity’s good intentions, bad executions. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The Death of Sailor Pluto; The Ghosts of Prince Edward Island; Three Moons Over Millford: A Review; The Revenge of Nelly; SYMS July (3) June (5) Welcome! In Crystal, she is dark enough to tell she is not the same shade as everyone else which is fairly consistent with how Takeuchi draws her in her color pictures). During the second story arc, she allows them to travel through time even though this is not ordinarily allowed. Cronus/Saturn carried a sickle to signify the harvest, which was a tie-in to death. When she sent everyone to reincarnate in 1990s Tokyo, that was her wishing to set things right. Which makes things a lot more complicated. Sailor Pluto’s death is honestly one of the weirder moments of the manga, in that it’s the sort of scene that exists purely for drama but still has the decency to be foreshadowed to some extent. Like what you see here? perhaps she is passing this info along to pluto, who may only be a demi-god, that while she may attain this power the strain of using it would destroy her physical body. If anyone dies or if anything goes wrong, just go back in time and have a do-over. 2 Aspects and forms 2.1. Being a time-keeper, she is practically "Crystal Power" starting in act 39 when she acquires her second uniform. In the manga, Sailor Pluto demonstrates a few other named powers, including Chronos Typhoon (時空嵐撃 (クロノス・タイフーン), Kuronosu Taifūn)[12][19] and the defensive force field Garnet Ball.[20].