#35 How Pluto took Hotaru Back

MoonSticks #35 How Sailor Pluto took Hotaru Back featuring Sailor Pluto/Setsuna Meiou, Sailor Saturn/Hotaru Tomoe, Souichi Tomoe, Sailor Uranus/Haruka Tenou and Sailor Neptune/Michiru Kaiou

And the Return of Sailor Saturn follows 8D

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133 thoughts on “#35 How Pluto took Hotaru Back”

  1. My headcanon: Seysuna started dating the professor and didn’t mention it to anyone but Hotaru and the lesbians. They were fine with it because A Sailor Guardian was raising her and Hotaru was fine because she was already used the Setsuna as a mother and he was fine because Setsuna explained all the weird stuff, but he didn’t have to get involved and his kid always came back from the dead.

  2. I figure he’s just not all there since his possession. It’s lucky that nobody else asked to borrow his baby first.

  3. Pluto is now in one of my favorites because of your comics!
    She is so funny!! I would do the same thing sorry Professor!

  4. lol!!!! :D setsuna is one of my fav. female character in moonsticks! wow you really make me laugh! and thanks for adding the newest comic!!! I really appreciate you work! oh this is my very first comment I ever posted on any website! ps. hope you keep posting!

  5. Setsuna! How could you? I thought you were someone to look up to!
    Although, Hotaru looks like she’s having the time of her life in Panel 3.

  6. Very funny! This is what happens when the anime randomly decides to redeem villains instead of killing them off. You get lots of funky potholes. Not that I don’t like Professor Tomoe (infact, he’s one of my favorite villains) but how the Outer Senshi ended up raising Hotaru made much more sense in the manga.

    1. Haha, yeah. It’s funny how if the anime was always faithful to the manga, if you told me there was another version of the anime that rewrites things and has its own storylines I would think “that’s TERRIBLE, it must really suck, it’s all completely made up garbage if Takeuchi-sensei didn’t create it!”

      But instead I’m very happy the anime got to tell the story in a very unique different way, and now it’s almost like there’s twice as much storyline to enjoy. There were so many cute little moments in the anime, and some incredible storylines (like season 1’s ending) that I can’t imagine not existing, that weren’t in the manga.

      But yeah… they had the occasional “what were they thinking?” mistake. The Professor shouldn’t have lived, and the Starlights never should have been physically male.

  7. Poor Pluto…..
    She was never a motherly figure like michiru was…
    More like a grandma…
    Poor sets-chan

  8. xDDD
    i love this one a lot!! xDD
    in the manga it was easy for them to get hotaru back, she was an orphan!

    how did setsuna convince her dad to give hotaru to her? lol

  9. Ok ………….. poor Hotaru!!!!! Oh.. hey chibi jen do you have a gmail, oh and where do you live?!

  10. Looking at the series, I personally think Uranus might b the senshi of death. I mean, her fave battle plan (& mine 2) is “Kill now, Question later”.

  11. Poor Tomoe just can’t live a normal life 4 long, can he? U’d think Setsuna would let him keep the damn girl, even if she is the senshi of death. Besides, Haruka might try 2 kill her again.

    1. You’re not the first to say that, though I can confidently say these drawings were not inspired by Azumanga Daioh at all- I haven’t read the manga or watched the anime.

  12. Awesome! Epic! I always knew something was off about Setsuna getting Hotaru back! I mean, no normal and ok-in-the-head parent would give his child to some stranger… but yes, I might as well agree he could be really shocked and scared about a woman that appeared out of the blue… hmmm… Or could it be the punch Setsuna gave him killed him? o_O? Could that be Pluto’s new and kind of secret attack??

    Amazing comic like the rest Chibi :)

  13. how would a father react if his daughter was taken away by a strange woman lol he would take out his phone and call the cops well actually he might be afraid of setsuna attaking him so nevermind

    btw love this comic showed it to all my friends

  14. PLUTO IS A LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIAR
    and me and my freinds thought she was the serious one
    HOTARU THEIF
    do U think this is how she really got hotaru back??
    I DO

  15. I should totally post a link to this on my ficlet about the whole “Hotaru theft” thing.

    Except mine’s depressing.

    Yours is much funnier.

  16. urans has good sence thats what i think and mars i got some too kinda i can sence people coming in the house but not wats gonna happen in the future

  17. “We’re bringing Hotaru back now, there’s just a tiny problem… She grew, a lot. Hope that isn’t a problem. On the plus side, she’s a great junior high student now with good grades and everything!”

    I mean how can you explain that a girl goes from age two to age 12 in a few months?

  18. O_O

    Oh my so that’s how she did it? Dang I thought she would…I don’t know kind of negotiate with him or use some kind of diplomacy thing…seeing that she’s wise and older then the Outer Scouts.

    Darn you Pluto you lied to us!

  19. Just saw this comic strip! That’s funny! She stole her! Everyone always asks this question. How did pluto get saturn back? It’s funny she always makes funny of questions we have about the series!

  20. Normally I throw hissy fits when people make fun of Setsuna since she is my #1 Senshi but your comics with her make me lol *hugs Setsuna*

  21. Hahaha. Didn’t Prof. Tomoe lose all his memories in the anime? I don’t understand why they didn’t just let him keep them and be a support for the Sailor Senshi instead. It’s better than him inexplicably giving up his child. Goodness knows they could use a better base-of-operations than an arcade center. XD

  22. LOL! I always found it hard to believe that he would just give his daughter to so lady who he didn’t even know.

    Panel #3 FTW!!! XD

  23. I like this one! Especially the 3rd panel where you see Setsuna taking off with baby Hotaru! XD

    (I’m on vacation! WOOOOO!!!!)

  24. I’ve just checked this out. I guess they (Haruka, Michiru & Setsuna) come to live with Hotaru. I guess they were in Tomoe’s house. Do you think they just kich Tomoe-sensei out or something?
    That’s awesome, really..
    OMG What a violence!!
    In the third panel, Hutaru is just happy with a very big smile! She doesn’t know what is going on LOL 8D

    I like the comic. One of the favorites ^^
    BTW I really love the cherry blossoms in the first panel. It doesn’t tell what will happen after that. Setsuna looks very peaceful LOL

    Love it love it love it..

  25. This is pretty much how I always figured that scene played out.

    On the 3rd panel Hotaru seems to really enjoy being kidnapped.

  26. Great comic as always!

    “Gimme your powers, Hotaru” in the 3rd pic reminds me of your comic #19 Pluto missing in action!

  27. :3 Outer Senshi love, indeed. Though I must focus all my attention on Setsuna-sama….and her vicious K.O. blow to Tomoe. Bet it felt good, though it would of felt better when he was under Daimon control. Setsuna-sama had to obtain Hotaru by any means necessary. XD

    Thanks for sharing Chibi Jenn!

  28. I’m ASSUMING as he regained his memory of what happened to his daughter he realized something was telling him it was the right thing to do. I mean.. he kinda knows his daughter is more or less Sailor Saturn. I’m sure some of his memory returned somewhat. I mean… if you’re posessed daughter shreds into pieces and a ball with the Saturn symbol appears and floats away I’m sure you’d have to be an idiot to not know whats up. >< But thats just me assuming.

    1. yeh, that’s all we can really assume.. (or the above XD) Even though I still kinda doubt he regained his memory..it would be pretty difficult for him to handle it. He seems rather peaceful..

  29. OMG O.o I never knew Setsuna had another side… XD

    I always wondered what made Professor Tomoe give his only daughter to a complete stranger… It totally bugged me…

    Yoku dekimashita, Chibi Jen! I think that’s ‘good job’… Not sure ^.^’

    One thing though: in panel two, why does Professor Tomoe say ‘women’? Shouldn’t it be ‘woman’ as ‘women’ is plural? I’m sorry if I annoy with my corrections ^.^’ Gomenasai.

  30. Perfect! I was just wondering how it worked out in the anime, just a little while ago. Always confused me on how Tomoe agreed to let Setsuna take Hotaru. It made more sense in the manga when he died, sad- but he wasn’t as awesome in the manga, a little freaky actually. So all three of them decided to just raise Hotaru, right after the battle (not like a few months later at the beginning of Stars) They softened up and uncorrupted the villians a lot more in the anime. This is one time where it probably confused people on how stuff like this actually turned out. Great funny way of interpreting it.

    I knew this will be a great way to start my Winter Break.

      1. Yeah, that’s why I enjoy the anime as well. I love villains that see the light, so to speak. Though sometimes it does leave loose ends, like this situation here. But that’s another good thing about the anime, you could find the loose ends and make a humorous doujinshi on it. ^.^

  31. …okay then, if Setsuna behaves like that, then I guess it can’t be too hard to see Hime-chan as Pluto…

    (This is what happens when you read nothing but fanfics for a week. I’ve forgotten what is and isn’t canon…)

      1. Different series. The one successful crossover she’s had with Sailor Moon, she became apprentice under Setsuna.

  32. Lol! :D It kinda feels terrible that Hotaru and her father are separated because of her sailor senshi job. D:

    (C’mon gravatar be faster at uploading my icon D:)

          1. OMG HE DIED IN THE MANGA?! Omg I don’t like reading the manga where they use their Japanese names. Plus it’s also mixed up a bit. >_>

    1. Yup :) That’s because Setsuna in the first 3 frames happens in a different time frame to the last one (she was in her human form when speaking to Professor Tomoe)

      The last shot happens sometime afterwards when she is Sailor Pluto. Hope this explains it :)

  33. Awwww..this comic is so cute!!

    I love all the expressions on Plu and baby Hotaru hahah

    I really enjoy seeing Setsuna comics because you always seem to make fun of her (not in a bad way though!) Either out-of-character, or we’re seeing a different side of her.

    Yay for more Hotaru and outer senshi ^^

    1. Arigatou! ^__^

      I really enjoy making fun of Pluto too :3 Although I keep most characters somewhat in-character, Pluto seems to be an exception XD

      WOuld love to give Hotaru more love too, since she doesn’t get as much screentime in the anime :x

      1. You should! Hotaru is adorable. (I think that my view on that is obvious, considering my name.. and Gravatar) Anyway, one idea for Hotaru-chan is doing one on how her transformation is never shown in the anime. I don’t know how.. but yeah. :D Anyway, it doesn’t have to be super soon, since this one is on the outer senshi, though just dropping a little idea. hehe…

  34. I always wondered what force on Earth would posess Tomoe to give his daughter to some stranger.

    Then again, if he saw Hotaru spourt like a little plant like she did to become Saturn again… He’d probabley have a heart attack. X3

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