Setsuna Meiou / Sailor Pluto

"*I am the Keeper of the Door of Space and Time. I am Sailor Pluto. Guardian of the Underworld.*"**Setsuna Meiou** (冥王 せつな, Meiou Setsuna) is the civilian identity and present-day incarnation of **Sailor Pluto** (セーラープルート, Seera Puruuto).

## Nomenclature and Etymology

#### Etymology

**Setsuna:** Even though her name is written in hiragana and is not inherent, *Setsuna* can mean "moment", relating to her powers over time, or "sorrow".

**Meiou:** The kanji for *Mei* means "dark" while the kanji for *ou* means "king", based on the Japanese name of the planet Pluto (冥王星 *Meiohsei* "Nether King Star", the given title of Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld).

Combined her name could be read as "Momentary Dark King" or "Sorrowful Dark King".

## Appearance

### Civilian

Setsuna is a young adult woman who has knee-length dark green hair partly tied up in a high bun and the rest hanging down freely and red eyes. In comparison to the other Sailor Guardians, her skin is darker.

Some depictions give her lighter skin and change her eye color from red to purple.

### Sailor guardian

Sailor Pluto's uniform consisted of a white sleeveless leotard with a maroon chest bow and a bright red circular brooch affixed to it. Her stripeless sailor collar was black, she wore a gold tiara with a garnet red gem, her thick red earrings were in the shape of arrows, and she wore a black choker with a red bauble. She also wore white elbow-length gloves with black padding, her skirt was black with a maroon bow at the back, and her footwear consisted of black knee-high heeled boots with white triangular arches.

## Personality

Setsuna Meiou is a college student while the others are still in middle or high school. Despite being the oldest of *all* the Sailor Guardians, Setsuna never assumes any type of official leadership role. Even among the Outer Sailor Guardians, she frequently defers to Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. She has a special relationship with Chibiusa.

## Information

Sailor Pluto was the Princess of Pluto and the daughter of Chronos, the God of Time. One day when she was a child, Queen Serenity assigned her to the Space-Time Door to guard it and instructed on the three taboos she must never break: She must never leave her post, she must not allow anyone to travel through time, and she must never use her powers to disrupt the flow of time in any way. Breaking the last taboo would mean the end of her life.

However, after the Silver Millennium was attacked by the Dark Kingdom, she and the other two Outer Sailor Guardians were drawn together and her Garnet Orb along with Sailor Uranus' Space Sword, and Sailor Neptune's Deep Aqua Mirror, had resonated that caused Sailor Saturn to awaken. It was then that she watched in horror as Sailor Saturn swung down her Silence Glaive and obliterated all that was left of the Moon Kingdom. Sailor Pluto was reborn and continued her mission to protect the Space-Time Door.

One day during the era of the second Silver Millennium, Sailor Pluto met Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity after she had wandered down a forbidden corridor and went through the Door of Space-Time. She and the princess soon became friends, with Pluto assuring her that she and her mother were very alike and that she would one day grow to be as strong as her.

After Crystal Tokyo is attacked by the Black Moon, Chibiusa stole one of Sailor Pluto's time keys and traveled to the 20th Century.

## Sailor guardian information

Setsuna can transform into Sailor Pluto by saying Pluto Planet Power, Make Up! Her attacks possess space-time continuum and underworld attributes.

### Phrases

* Pluto Planet Power, Make Up
* Pluto Crystal Power, Make Up

### Weapons and Items

* Space-Time Key
* Garnet Orb
* Garnet Rod

### Attacks

* Dead Scream
* Time Stop
* Chronos Typhoon
* Garnet Ball
* Dark Dome Close
* Galactica Cannon
* Galactica Planet Attack

## Development

In the concept art in the Materials Collection, there is a sketch where Sailor Pluto has gray skin. Her belt and hair were also different and she appeared physically younger. In another sketch that more closely resembled her final depiction, she is lacking her chain belt. The Garnet Rod also looked different.

## Trivia

* She is the tallest among the Solar System Sailor Senshi standing at a height of 5'10" (about 178 cm), but ironically, her guardian planet is the smallest.
* Setsuna is the only Sailor Senshi who did not have concept art in the Materials Collection. Sailor Pluto did, however.
* Setsuna's apartment number in the Infinity arc in "1209". Switching the "2" and the "0" around will reveal "1029", the numbers of her birthday.
* In the reprints of the manga, Naoko Takeuchi noted that one of the logistical troubles with the manga was Setsuna having a different skin color than everyone else.
* In the manga, Sailor Pluto also made several references to being the daughter of Chronos, and in Act 20, King Endymion told Sailor Venus that Pluto "carries the blood of the god in charge of time, Chronos." In the sera myu musicals, the song "Forbidden Hades" also mentioned that she had the blood of Chronos. Chibiusa's incantation when using the Space-Time Key refers to Chronos as the "father of the guardian", the guardian in question being Pluto.