mistress 9

Mistress 9 is a malevolent entity from the "Tau Ceti Star System" who has come to Earth with the goal of opening a gateway for her master, Pharaoh 90. Known as the "Messiah of Silence," she possesses Hotaru Tomoe's body to varying degrees. In the manga, the Death Busters are constantly trying to awaken Mistress 9. Upon their first visit to Professor Tomoe, who was reconstructing his daughter Hotaru's body, they gave him an egg containing Mistress 9, which he implanted within Hotaru. This resulted in Hotaru having a permanently frail physical state and occasional seizures that were initially soothed by an amulet given by Tomoe (likely a fragment of the Tau Crystal) and later by the Ginzuishou. When Chibiusa showed the Ginzuishou to Hotaru, Mistress 9 became aware of it and later seized it from Chibiusa, putting her into a coma. When Mistress 9 overpowered Hotaru’s body, it transformed into that of a grown woman with maniacal facial features, bearing little resemblance to Hotaru. Her primary objective is to create an opening to the Tau Ceti Star System so Pharaoh 90 can access and assimilate into Earth. After all her allies are killed and she confronts Sailor Moon and the Outer Senshi, her plan begins. Mugen Gakuen itself is torn apart, throwing Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter into the air. She tries to escape Hotaru’s body but finds that Hotaru’s soul still exists within, inhibiting her departure. Despite this, Mistress 9 swallows the souls of the Guardian Senshi, but Hotaru retrieves their Heart Crystals along with Chibiusa’s and returns them. While doing this, Mistress 9 leaves Hotaru’s body, destroying it in the process. Her true form is a gigantic monster with a ghastly head and an indistinct body. She absorbs all the Senshi’s attacks and opens the door for Pharaoh 90, who begins to overwhelm the planet. Mistress 9 is assimilated into the lava (presumably Pharaoh 90), and just when all seems lost, Sailor Saturn rises from it. By setting her Glaive into the ground, both Pharaoh 90 and Mistress 9 experience intense pain and paralysis. Saturn uses the attack Death Reborn Revolution to drain their power, causing them to rise into the sky and escape back to Tau. Saturn commands Sailor Pluto to seal the door forever, ensuring they can never reach Earth again. Interestingly, they are the only villains in the Sailor Moon manga to evade death and remain essentially unharmed. In the anime, Professor Tomoe allows Mistress 9 to possess Hotaru’s body after a freak accident kills her. He himself becomes possessed by a Daimon named Germatoid, though it is unclear if Germatoid fully controls him or aspects of his original personality still exist. Mistress 9 occasionally controls Hotaru, during which her eyes become blank and her hands sparkle with red energy. Strangely, the victims of these occurrences are usually Daimons sent to collect heart crystals for her. Eventually, she steals Chibiusa’s Heart Crystal, rendering Chibiusa close to death. She transforms into Mistress 9, shocking Uranus and Neptune, who expected Sailor Saturn. She kills Kaolinite and sends Germatoid after the Senshi, then attempts to use a large machine to guide Pharaoh 90 to Earth for its destruction. Sailor Moon tries to stop her, and Professor Tomoe, now freed from Germatoid, attempts to reach her, seeing her as Hotaru. She attacks both but is injured by energy from the machine. Professor Tomoe holds her, and Hotaru’s spirit starts to respond. Mistress 9 tries to subdue her but is overwhelmed by Hotaru’s memories of her father and Chibiusa. The black star insignia on her forehead shatters, revealing the sign of Saturn beneath it. Mistress 9’s body vaporizes, leaving Sailor Saturn in its place. While in the manga, Mistress 9’s human form seemed to be Hotaru’s body contorted by the entity’s presence, in the anime, Mistress 9’s form appears to be her genuine body, somewhat similar to Chibiusa’s transformation into Black Lady.