Death Busters

Lore & Background

The Death Busters are originally from the "Tau Ceti Star System" in another dimension. They acquire human host bodies to act through, with Kaolinite and Professor Tomoe as acting leaders. Based in Mugen Academy, an elite high school built in the middle of Tokyo's Sankakusu District, the Death Busters work to gather human souls which would prolong their dying homeworld. Their ultimate goal is the revival of their commander Mistress 9 so they can bring their master Pharaoh 90 to Earth and terraform it into a new home at the cost of the current life forms. Professor Tomoe, a genetic scientist forced out of the scientific community for his unethical experiments, sold his findings to companies and bought the entire Sankakusu District to continue his research to create "Super Beings". After a fire killed his wife and gravely wounded his daughter Hotaru, Tomoe saved her with cybernetic limbs during a freak storm that brought the Death Busters to Earth. Witnessing his assistant be reborn as Kaolinite, Tomoe sold his soul to Pharaoh 90 and willfully discarded his humanity by ingesting a Daimon Egg to become a hybrid as he began to build Mugen Academy while working to perfect the stability of Daimon/human hybrids.

In Their Own Story

The Death Busters are first introduced in chapter #27 "Infinity 1 – Premonition", originally published in Japan on July 7, 1994. They work to gather human souls to prolong their dying homeworld. Their ultimate goal is the revival of their commander Mistress 9 so they can bring their master Pharaoh 90 to Earth and terraform it into a new home at the cost of the current life forms. Key figures include Professor Souichi Tomoe, the leader of the Death Busters and Hotaru Tomoe's father; Kaolinite, the Commander of the Witches 5 with the title of Magus; and Mistress 9, a malevolent extraterrestrial entity who is Pharaoh 90's main partner. When Super Sailor Moon and the Outer Guardians arrive at Tomoe's lab and dispatch his Daimon test subjects, Tomoe changes into his Daimon form Germatoid. Sailor Moon is forced to kill him with her Rainbow Moon Heart Ache. Kaolinite is given the task to kill the Sailor Guardians herself before the Outer Guardians intervene, forcing her to assume her Daimon form prior to being destroyed by Super Sailor Moon's Rainbow Moon Heartache attack. Mistress 9 steals Chibiusa's soul and Legendary Silver Crystal while using the latter as a replacement power source when she conducts the ritual to summon Pharaoh 90 to Earth. Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon assume their Super forms to overwhelm Mistress 9, but when Pharaoh 90 fully manifests, Mistress 9 allows herself to be assimilated into her master with Sailor Saturn's spirit possessing Hotaru by later manifesting from what remained of Mistress 9.

Reader's Guide

The Death Busters are the villains of the third major story arc, called the Infinity in the manga, Sailor Moon S in the original anime adaptation, and Death Busters in Sailor Moon Crystal. They are based in Mugen Academy, an elite high school built in the middle of Tokyo's Sankakusu District. Their key figures include Professor Souichi Tomoe, the leader; Kaolinite, Commander of the Witches 5; and Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90's main partner. Professor Tomoe is a genetic scientist who sold his findings to companies and bought the entire Sankakusu District to continue his research to create "Super Beings". After a fire killed his wife and gravely wounded his daughter Hotaru, Tomoe saved her with cybernetic limbs during a freak storm that brought the Death Busters to Earth. He sold his soul to Pharaoh 90 and willfully discarded his humanity by ingesting a Daimon Egg to become a hybrid. Kaolinite was originally Tomoe's assistant before being infected with a Daimon Egg that consumes her humanity while pledging her loyalty to Pharaoh 90. Mistress 9 is a malevolent extraterrestrial entity who is Pharaoh 90's main partner, sent to oversee her master's arrival to Earth with Tomoe implanting her Daimon Egg in the comatose body of Hotaru. The Death Busters' ultimate goal is the revival of Mistress 9 so they can bring Pharaoh 90 to Earth and terraform it into a new home at the cost of the current life forms.

Did You Know?

• The Death Busters are originally from the 'Tau Ceti Star System' in another dimension.
• They are first introduced in chapter #27 'Infinity 1 – Premonition', originally published in Japan on July 7, 1994.
• In the Cloverway English adaptation, they are called the 'Heart Snatchers'.
• Their base is Mugen Academy, an elite high school built in the middle of Tokyo's Sankakusu District (literally 'Delta District').
• Professor Tomoe sold his soul to Pharaoh 90 and willfully discarded his humanity by ingesting a Daimon Egg to become a hybrid.