Doburin is a water-themed Daimon from Sailor Moon S, conjured by Kaolinite out of a swimming pool to seize Ami Mizuno's Pure Heart Crystal. Despite her aquatic build, she is famously unable to swim well.
Doburin's skin is purple and her ears take the shape of webbed fins. She is bald, hiding a Daimon star mark on her forehead beneath a green and yellow swim cap, and rounds out the diver look with black goggles, a pink snorkel, an oxygen tank strapped to her back, and a pair of inflatable rings. A black one-piece suit bearing a red emblem completes the outfit.
She spits jets of water from her mouth and can bend that water to her will, snaring victims in it, dragging them down through whirlpools, or hurling it well beyond the pool that spawned her. The inflatable rings on her body serve as traps of their own, and she can harden the water into a yellow, wax-like solid that locks a target in place.

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Kaolinite drew her out of the pool right after Ami and Michiru had finished a race there. Doburin ambushed Ami, freezing her inside amber-like water to draw out her crystal, but Tuxedo Mask snatched the Pure Heart away and sent the Daimon tumbling into the water. Luna and Artemis then bit and burst her flotation raft, leaving her thrashing near drowning, and Sailor Moon seized the moment to finish her with Moon Spiral Heart Attack. Like Thetis before her, she melts back into water when destroyed.
Doburin is a water-themed Daimon from Sailor Moon S, conjured by Kaolinite out of a swimming pool to seize Ami Mizuno's Pure Heart Crystal.
Doburin has purple skin and webbed, fin-shaped ears, and hides a bald head and Daimon star mark beneath a green and yellow swim cap, rounding out a diver's outfit with goggles, a snorkel, an oxygen tank, and inflatable rings.
Doburin spits and controls jets of water, snaring victims in whirlpools or dragging them under, and can harden water into a yellow, wax-like solid that locks a target in place.
After Tuxedo Mask frees Ami's stolen Pure Heart and Luna and Artemis pop Doburin's flotation ring, Sailor Moon finishes her off with Moon Spiral Heart Attack, and like Thetis before her, Doburin melts back into water when destroyed.
Despite her aquatic, diver-themed design, Doburin is famously unable to swim well.
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