Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S, Season 3

Introduction: This was the third season of Sailor Moon. This season expanded the plot and introduced more main characters. Although it did not include a preview episode, like the last season did, there were two episodes that were set after the final battle, with this season's enemy, giving it more of a conclusion and wrapping up loose ends.

Main Characters introduced: Sailor Chibimoon, Tomoe Hotaru (Sailorsaturn), Tenoh Haruka (Sailoruranus), Kaioh Michiru (Sailorneptune), and Meioh Setsuna (Sailorpluto).

Villains Introduced: The Death Busters; Professor Tomoe, Kaolinite, The Witches 5 (Eudial, Mimete, Tellu, Viluy, Cyprine, and Ptilol), Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90, and the Daimon.

Summary: In this season, the villains were called the Death Busters and were led by Pharaoh 90, the mysterious ball of energy. Their job was to find the three talismans, to create the Holy Chalice, and awaken the Messiah of Silence, so their leader, Pharaoh 90 could take over the world. Kaolinite was first to collect Pure Heart Crystals, but she was believed to have died when she fell off of the roof during a battle. She was later found working at Tomoe's house. After her first "death" Kaolinite seemed a little quiet. She was later killed by Mistress 9. Eudial was the first of the Witches 5 shown. She took over after Kaolinite. Eudial found out that Uranus and Neptune had the Talismans and took them, but she later lost them to the Senshi. Eudial drove a station wagon and took out heart crystals with a gun. Eudial was killed when Mimete destroyed the brakes in her station wagon. Mimete went to work after Eudial's death. She attacked her victims using Daimons. Mimete was killed when she used a machine that Eudial built to make herself more powerful. Tellu came along and pulled the plug, killing Mimete. Tellu took over after she killed Mimete. She opened a plant shop and sold plants called tellurians. The plants attacked and stole the heart crystals from the people who bought them. Tellu died when one of her plants attacked her. Viluy took over after Tellu. She was good at computers and disguised herself as a top student. She used a computer program/virus to take out heart crystals. However, Viluy's program/virus backfired and she died when it attacked her. Cyprine and Ptilol were twins and were considered one witch. Cyprine was the main twin witch. Ptilol was her shadow and came out when they fought the Senshi. The twins took over after Viluy. They were killed after their attacks were turned against each other. Professor Tomoe became a part of the Death Busters when Hotaru was little. He was in his lab, along with Hotaru and a few other scientists, when an experiment went wrong and blew up, killing Hotaru. An evil entity appeared and told the professor that Hotaru could come back to life if he became a part of the Death Busters, Tomoe agreed and a Daimon was placed in his body, making him evil. At the end of the series, his Daimon was destroyed and he began a new life with the reborn Hotaru. Mistress 9 was an entity that lived inside of Hotaru. She was called the Dark Messiah. Mistress 9 was very powerful and killed Kaolinite. Mistress 9's job was to find the Holy Grail to fully awaken the Death Buster's leader, Pharaoh 90. She was killed by Sailorsaturn/Hotaru. Pharaoh 90 was the leader of the Death Busters. It needed the Holy Grail to awaken and gain enough power to destroy/take over the world. Pharaoh 90 was destroyed when Sailorsaturn used her full power on it by giving up her life. After the final battle with Pharaoh 90, Hotaru was reborn and returned to live with her father.

Beginning & Ending: This season began with the appearance to two new soldiers, Sailoruranus and Sailorneptune. A new enemy attacked and tried to steal Pure Hearts from people, while searching for the three Talismans. Chibi-usa returned from the future as the Sailor Senshi in training, Sailor Chibimoon. She soon made friends with Hotaru, a young, sickly girl. It was soon learned that Hotaru was under the control of the evil entity, Mistress 9, the Messiah of Silence. But it was then reveled that Hotaru had yet another identity; she was really the Sailor Soldier of Death and Rebirth, Sailorsaturn. In the end, the ten soldiers came together to defeat the enemy. Sailorsaturn, with the help of Sailormoon, destroyed Pharaoh 90 for good.

Episodes: This series covered episodes #90-127. See the Season 3 Episode Guide for a complete list of the episodes along with their titles.

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