Death Busters
A group of alien villains from the Tau Ceti Star System seeking to terraform Earth into a new home.
The Death Busters (Japanese: デスバスターズ, Hepburn: Desu Basutāzu) are a group of fictional characters in the Sailor Moon manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. This group comprises the villains of the third major story arc, which is called the Infinity in the manga, Sailor Moon S in the original anime adaptation, and Death Busters in Sailor Moon Crystal. 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". Originally from the "Tau Ceti Star System" in another dimension, the Death Busters acquire human host bodies to act through with Kaolinite and Professor Tomoe as acting leaders. Based in Mugen Academy (無限学園, Mugen Gakuen; Literally "Infinity Academy"), an elite high school built in the middle of Tokyo's Sankakusu District (三角州区, Sankakusu-ku; Literally "Delta 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.
Quick Facts
- Publisher
- Kodansha
- Debut
- Sailor Moon chapter #27: Infinity 1 – Premonition (July 1994)
- Creators
- Naoko Takeuchi
- Base
- Mugen Academy
- Owners
- Professor Tomoe; Master Pharaoh 90
- Members
- Kaolinite
- Mistress 9
- Witches 5
- Daimons
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. 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.
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