Sailor pluto and sailor saturn

Ian Andreas Miller. 30 September 2000.

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     An overwhelmingly large number of fans of the anime and manga series Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon have problems understanding the themes of Sailor Saturn and Sailor Pluto.

Why is Sailor Saturn associated with ruin? Why is Sailor Pluto associated with time and space? Some have stated that Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of Sailor Moon, deliberately switched the themes of these two characters. Others claim that Takeuchi made a mistake when she created her characters.

Unfortunately, there's the notion that many of the themes from Sailor Moon are based exclusively on Greco-Roman mythology. This is not necessarily true.

Sailor pluto and sailor saturn costume

The truth is that Ms. Takeuchi used mythology and astrology (specifically Western astrology and Eastern astrology) as inspiration. She borrowed many of the ideas and themes from these two sources and worked them into her story.

Those who truly understand Greco-Roman mythology, Eastern a