Sailor Pluto | |
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Sailor Moon character | |
![]() Setsuna as Sailor Pluto in her original uniform, with the Garnet Rod, as drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. | |
First appearance | Sailor Moon chapter #19: "Time Warp – Sailor Pluto" (1993) |
Created by | Naoko Takeuchi |
Voiced by | Japanese: Chiyoko Kawashima Ai Maeda (Sailor Moon Crystal) English: Sabrina Grdevich (DiC dub) Susan Aceron (CWi dub) Veronica Taylor (Viz Media dub) |
In-universe information | |
Alias | Setsuna Meioh Princess Pluto |
Affiliations | Sailor Guardians Shadow Galactica (manga and Sailor Moon Crystal) |
Powers and abilities | Manipulation and control of spacetime Time Wave Generation Teleport others over short or vast distances Open rifts or doorways in space through different eras Freeze all of time (forbidden) Erect a shield of time-space energy |
Sailor Pluto (セーラープルート, Sērā Purūto) is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. The alternate identity of Setsuna Meiou (冥王 せつな, Meiō Setsuna, renamed "Trista Meioh" in some English adaptations), she is a member of the Sailor Guardians, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil.
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. She possesses powers that are associated with time, space, the underworld, and darkness. She was one of several new characters introduced in the series' second arc (called "Black Moon" in the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, and Sailor Moon R in the first anime adaptation), which was comparable to a retool to continue Sailor Moon past the point it was originally supposed to end.
Her role and importance differ greatly between the first anime and manga (though her personality in the two media is mostly the same). A major part of the second arc in the original manga is Pluto and Chibiusa's relationship, thus the two of them are important characters. In the anime, this relationship is not focused on and Pluto loses her prominence.