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Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon, a blue-haired woman with butterfly wings and a jeweled tiara, reclines in a sunlit wooden room.
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Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon

Character

Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon is the fifth and final Sailor Animamate in Sailor Moon Crystal, introduced in Sailor Moon Cosmos. Nicknamed the Soul Hunter, she serves Sailor Galaxia and keeps watch over a graveyard near Galactica Palace, where the remnants of dead stars drift about as glowing butterflies.

English Va: AmaLee
Japanese Va: Haruka Kudo
Alignment: Shadow Galactica
First Appearance (Anime): Sailor Moon Cosmos
Allegiances: Sailor Animamates, Sailor Phi
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Appearance

Great butterfly wings, edged in black and shaded from indigo through pink to yellow at their tips, spread from her back. Indigo carries through the rest of her: the wavy hair, the eyes, and the long, pointed nails all share the shade. She dresses in a scale-patterned bikini top with a sailor collar and matching choker, a sheer pink miniskirt, and armbands in the same blue scales, with the Galactica Bracelets worn over them. Tall black boots, scaled at the top, finish the look.

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Personality

Of all the Animamates she is the quietest and hardest to read, wrapped in an air of mystery. That stillness masks something merciless. She stays detached and unfeeling toward the ones she hunts, and a deep streak of cruelty runs through her; she takes special pleasure in setting victims alight and savoring their slow, agonized deaths.

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History

Papillon presides over a cemetery in Sagittarius Zero Star, a place swarming with luminous butterflies. Those insects stand for the last embers of stars that have burned out, and their wings ferry the remains across the galaxy in a ceaseless funeral march. When Princess Kakyuu and Sailor Moon reach the graveyard and find a plot marked for the Sailor Starlights, Papillon ambushes them, showing off gravediggers already at work on tombs meant for Sailor Moon, Kakyuu, and Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon.

She binds the three to crosses with vines, names herself the last of the Animamates, and promises them the galaxy's most beautiful funeral before loosing fire butterflies to burn them alive. Her control over flame and vines nearly wins the day, but the scheme collapses when Sailor Chibi Moon and the Sailor Quartet arrive: their Pink Ladies Freezing Kiss snuffs out the flames and vines, and the Quartet's Amazoness Jungle Arrow finishes her for good. Her Crystal debut also marks the first time this manga creation appears in animation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon?

Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon is the fifth and final Sailor Animamate introduced in Sailor Moon Crystal, debuting in Sailor Moon Cosmos. Nicknamed the Soul Hunter, she serves Sailor Galaxia and guards a graveyard of dead stars near Galactica Palace.

What is Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon's personality like?

Quiet and hard to read, Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon hides a merciless streak. She stays detached from the people she hunts and takes special pleasure in burning victims alive and savoring their slow deaths.

How is Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon defeated?

Sailor Chibi Moon's Pink Ladies Freezing Kiss snuffs out her flames and vines, and the Sailor Quartet's Amazoness Jungle Arrow finishes Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon for good.

What does Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon look like?

She has great butterfly wings edged in black and shaded from indigo through pink to yellow, matching indigo hair, eyes, and nails, and wears a scale-patterned bikini top with a sailor collar, a sheer pink miniskirt, and the Galactica Bracelets.

What is Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon's signature attack?

Her signature attack is Galactica Scales, and in battle she also binds victims with vines before loosing fire butterflies to burn them alive.

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