Character from Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi / Toei Animation
A sickly, isolated girl who is the host of an ancient evil entity, the closest friend Chibiusa has ever had, and also the Sailor Guardian of Ruin and Rebirth — she destroys worlds and she has only barely learned to walk.
Hotaru has been sick her whole life. She has seizures. She heals other people by touch without understanding how. Her classmates are frightened of her. Her father built a school around her and filled it with things that want to use her body as a vessel for an entity that predates the Solar System. She is quiet and gentle and reads constantly. When Chibiusa finds her, she's been alone in the way that only a child with no peers and a possessed parent can be. Their friendship is immediate and real — Chibiusa is not frightened of her, which Hotaru has no experience handling. As Sailor Saturn, she is the last resort. Her awakening signals the end of something. She knows this. She walks into Pharaoh 90's body and uses everything she has anyway. What comes back afterwards is something new — a child again, growing up in a family that chose her.
Small and fragile-looking for her age, with short black hair and deep violet eyes that see too much. She wears dark clothing and her school uniform, usually. She has a quality of stillness that unsettles people who don't know her. As Sailor Saturn she wears black — alone among the Sailor Guardians — with a dark purple collar and skirt, and wields the Silence Glaive, a massive scythe that, at full power, can end a planet.
Also known as: Sailor Saturn, Firefly