Hotaru Tomoe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sailor Saturn | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
Hotaru Tomoe (土萠ほたる Tomoe Hotaru?) is a Sailor Senshi, one of the central characters in the metaseries known as Sailor Moon. She is the only protagonist whose name was not modified in the English dub.
Her first appearance as Hotaru is in Episode 111 of the anime, whilst Sailor Saturn doesn't appear until Episode 125. In the manga, Hotaru's first appearance is in Act 24, and Sailor Saturn appears in Act 30.
Contents |
[edit] Sailor Saturn
Hotaru is eventually able to transform into Sailor Saturn. She is known as the Senshi of Silence, and has power over destruction and rebirth. She is especially recognizable for the Silence Glaive she carries, which she may use to bring about the cataclysmic destruction of a world or worlds. However, she has the ability to heal minor wounds in both her civilian and senshi forms. Her uniform is fairly unique, with petal-shaped sleeves and a star brooch (resembling the "Pure Heart Crystals" that appear in the third story arc). Its colors are purple and maroon, and she wears knee-high, laced up boots.
In the manga, Sailor Saturn did not live among the other Senshi in the Silver Millennium. In fact, her coming had always been prevented by the Outer Senshi, as it was thought that allowing her to come into existence would mean the destruction of their worlds.
The Outer Senshi in the Silver Millennium were not supposed to be reborn. But they gathered together because of the destruction of the Silver Millennium, summoning Saturn and awaking her from her sleep. She then killed the remnants of the Silver Millennium and they were reborn on Earth
In the anime, all of the Senshi (including Saturn) had lives on the Moon Kingdom and their represented planets, and were all reborn with Princess Serenity and her court.
[edit] Profile
Hotaru is introduced first as a friend to Chibiusa, but often experiences seizures due to a sickness. It is only much later that she is discovered as a Sailor Soldier, being last of this solar system's soldiers to fully realize her powers. Hotaru tends to be very logical, dependable and loyal. She is also very independent and did not have friends until she met Chibiusa and Usagi. She was said by Naoko Takeuchi, her creator, to be quiet and precocious as well as expressionless. She was not popular with her classmates because of her powers and her strange seizures as well as personality changes for being the host of Mistress 9, the evil entity that lived in her after the age of 5.
She dresses predominantly in grey and black, although sometimes she wears a cobalt blue coat and a red cap. She is also seen with a garment around her shoulders in her predominant grey/black outfit, and occasionally wore a brown coat. She always wears complete clothing to cover up her body.
Hotaru's age fluctuates during the series, since she was first introduced as older, presumably 13 and was later reborn as a baby, then grew back to about the resemblance of a 5 year old, then grew into about a 12 year old.
In the manga, Hotaru's mother Keiko (older than Tomoe) died in a lab accident. Hotaru, in turn, was severely scarred by the accident. Souichi Tomoe, Hotaru's father rescued her by making a deal with Pharaoh 90 and making her body partially cybernetic. Her father was truly malevolent from then on. After Saturn was stopped by Sailor Moon all of the cybernetic material disappeared and she was reborn as a baby and had no cybernetic material attached.
As Sailor Saturn, Hotaru can destroy the world and the solar system to some extent (she did destroy the last remnants of the Silver Millennium kingdom). This disturbing information causes the other Outer Senshi, who are only somewhat aware of her reawakening, to make it part of their mission to "deal" with her.
Sailor Saturn rarely appears in the anime series. In this version she is not cybernetic, merely an outcast because of her strange seizures. Her mother is shown in shadow in one episode, but is never given a name like the manga, nor much of a background. Her father does not die like in the manga, but lives long enough to take care of his child until Sailor Pluto asks for her in the first part of Sailor Stars.
In the Mixx (now TOKYOPOP) manga, Hotaru was once named Jenny; Mixx later admitted this was a mistake and changed her name back. "Hotaru" means firefly in Japanese.
[edit] Other forms
Senshi forms - As she grows stronger, Sailor Saturn gains additional powers, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 39 of the manga, when she obtains the Saturn Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title. A similar event takes place in Episode 168 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Saturn. A third form appears only in the manga, also unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon.
Princess Saturn - In the manga, like the other Senshi, Sailor Saturn is pictured as having been a princess during the time of the Silver Millennium. As Princess Saturn, she dwelt in Titan Castle and wore a purple gown--she appears in this form in the original manga Act 41, as well as in supplementary art.
Mistress 9 - During the third story arc of both anime and manga, Hotaru's body was possessed by an alien known as Mistress 9. She was used as a a tool of the Death Busters during this time.
[edit] Statistics
- Name (Japanese): 土萠ほたる Tomoe Hotaru [1]
- Name (North America): Hotaru Tomoe
- Senshi alias: Sailor Saturn [1]
- Birthday: January 6 [1]
- Astrological sign: Capricorn [1]
- Blood type: AB [1]
- Favorite color: Purple [1]
- Hobbies: Reading, collecting lamps [1]
- Favorite food: nihon soba [1]
- Least favorite food: milk [1]
- Favorite subject: World History[1]
- Worst subject: Physical Education [1]
- Has trouble with: Marathons [1]
- Strong Point: Injury treatment [1]
- Dreams: To be a nurse [1]
- Soldier title: Soldier of Silence [2]; Soldier of Destruction [2]; Soldier of Ruin and Birth [3]
- Guardian planet: Saturn
- Element: Soil, Death, Destruction [Time by association]
- Height: fluctuates, 145 cm/4' 9", 40 cm/1'3", 134cm/4' 5" (in order for main heights) [4] [5]
- Age: 13, newborn, 5, 13 (in order throughout the series)
- Favorite animal: Panther
[edit] Senshi powers
[edit] Natural powers
Hotaru differs from most other Senshi (Mars and Neptune being obvious exceptions), in that she has several powers outside of her Senshi form. Some of these powers may be attributed to the influence of Mistress 9 possessing her body. However, many are manifested after Mistress 9 has been destroyed, or while the Saturn symbol shines on Hotaru's forehead (indicating that the power is her own).
- Energy Barrier — At various times in the anime, Hotaru is protected from harm by a barrier of energy. This barrier severely damages the enemy. This barrier appears to be involuntary.
- Energy Beams — At various times in Sailor Moon S, Hotaru uses her power to damage or paralyze enemies.
- Healing — In both the anime and manga, Hotaru has the ability to heal wounds. This power was never explored in-depth, and the wounds being healed were always shown to be fairly minor.
- Rebirth — It appears that Hotaru has the ability to be reborn when defeated. It is unknown as to what the extent of this power is. In conjunction with her rebirth, Hotaru also ages rapidly when needed. In both the anime and manga, she is shown to reach her former age in a matter of days.
- Power-Ups — In both the manga and anime, Hotaru is the one to power up the Outer Senshi into their 'super' forms.
- Visions & Projections — Hotaru often has visions of upcoming events. She also has the ability to project visions to others. She does this several times in the Dream arc of the manga and in the Sailor Stars anime. In the manga, notable occurrences involve showing a defeated Pegasus in Dream and projections of the Universe of which Hotaru watches over and uses it to destroy or bring planets to life. While she was reaching former age in Dream arc, Haruka did it with her as Michiru referred to it as gardening with Hotaru.
[edit] Transformations
- Saturn Planet Power, Make-up - (Video Games only) Used to transform into Sailor Saturn.
- Saturn Crystal Power, Make-up! - (Manga only) Used to transform into Sailor Saturn.
In the anime, Sailor Saturn is the only senshi with no proper transformation (henshin) sequence. The henshin sequence most commonly associated with her actually only appeared in a Sailor Moon video game for Sega Saturn and one for the Playstation.
[edit] Powers
- Death Reborn Revolution - (Manga only) This power destroys the world unless stopped. [6]
- Silent Wall - Sailor Saturn creates a barrier to protect her allies and neutralize attacks.
- Silence Glaive Surprise - This power is a double-edged attack by which Sailor Saturn can instantly kill an opponent, but must sacrifice herself in the process.[citation needed] This attack is seen in the manga which resembles Sailor Mercury's Shabon Spray inside a dome doing major destruction. In the Sailor Stars anime, Sailor Saturn uses this technique against Nehellenia. She spoke the incantation, and a large sphere of purple light formed around the blade of her Silence Glaive. She then began to bring down her glaive to end the world. After a huge blast of explosive power, she was stopped from completing this at the last moment by Chibiusa.
- Galactica Glaive Surprise - Sailor Saturn used this attack while under the control of Sailor Galaxia in the manga.
- Galactica Cannon - In the manga, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn use this attack against Sailor Moon when they are controlled by Sailor Galaxia.
- In both the anime and the manga, Sailor Saturn destroys worlds simply by bringing down the Silence Glaive. There is no incantation for this power, though in the instances in which it appears, Sailor Saturn has used some of her other powers to give her time to bring down her glaive.
[edit] Variations
In the manga, after Professor Tomoe's death, Hotaru essentially becomes the adopted daughter of Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaioh, watched over by Setsuna Meioh. In the anime, her father is healed, and she lives with him as an infant for a time before the others return for her. After the battle with Galaxia, Hotaru is still with them; it is unknown if she returns to her father.
In the musicals, Professor Tomoe is only present in a few stages, though Sailor Saturn appears in every musical from the third on. In musicals where Tomoe is absent, Hotaru is generally presented as being in the care of Haruka and Michiru.
[edit] Music
[edit] Anime
Saturn has no character single from the anime. [7]
[edit] Musicals
- "To a Brand New World"- Sailor Saturn's main theme [8]
- "The World Died Out"
- "Making for the Right" Theme for the outer Senshi
- "Broken Mobius" Theme for the outer Senshi
[edit] Actresses
- In the original Japanese anime, Hotaru Tomoe is played by Yūko Minaguchi.
- In the English dub, Hotaru is voiced by Jennifer Gould.
- In the musical version, Hotaru has been played by 9 actresses: Keiko Takeda, Chihiro Imai, Asami Sanpei, Mao Mita, Mario Tomioka, Ayami Kakiuchi, Ruria Nakamura, Yui Iizuka, and Eriko Funakoshi.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Takeuchi, Naoko (June 6, 1995). “Back of volume”, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 10. Kodansha. ISBN 4-06-178806-X.
- ^ a b Takeuchi, Naoko (February 6, 1995). “Act 30”, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 9. Kodansha. ISBN 4-06-178797-7.
- ^ Takeuchi, Naoko (March 6, 1996). “Act 39”, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 14. Kodansha. ISBN 4-06-178826-4.
- ^ (April 1993) “Chapter 1: Stage”, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon album I. Kodansha. ISBN 4-06-177734-3., The height is guessed at from page 103, and V2, page 94 and 111 since Usagi's height is given
- ^ The heights are guessed at by the members of Wikipedia: Wikiproject: Sailor Moon for Hotaru and Chibiusa.
- ^ The kanji used with this maneuver means 'death world change' but the furigana shows that it should be spoken as Death Reborn Revolution. The attack shows thousands of ribbons coming out, making the name of the attack a pun on "Reborn" and "Ribbon," which sound very similar in Japanese.
- ^ Bacon, Michelle (September 9, 2006). Sailor Music Dot Net. Retrieved on October 1, 2006.
- ^ Saturn sings about her role as a herald of death and destruction.
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codename: Sailor V | Manga | Anime | Episode list | English adaptations | Musicals | Video games | Live action Actors | Story locations | Sailor Moon R movie | Sailor Moon S movie | Sailor Moon SuperS movie | Parallel Sailor Moon |
|||||||||
|
|
||||||||
