Daniel J. D'Arby
Daniel J. D'Arby (ダニエル・J・ダービー, Danieru Jei Dābī) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the "D'Arby the Gambler" story arc.
D'Arby is an expert and inveterate gambler, and his Stand, Osiris of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, can steal souls. He meets the Joestar group in Cairo and tricks them into wagering their souls in various gambles. D'Arby is also Telence T. D'Arby's older brother.
Appearance
D'Arby is a man of average to above-average height and slim to middling build.
He wears dark hair of middling volume, flowing slightly back and apart from his face, and a trim mustache of medium length. A light surface trails from the bottom of his eyes to points aside his mouth; scored by thin, black, horizontal lines.
He wears a light shirt, dark tie, and a vest of a medium color, printed with spirals.
Color Schemes
Personality
Daniel J. D'Arby exhibits an affable but sly, knowing character. D'Arby first and foremost character trait is his love of gambling. He states that he lives for the thrill of gambling (which he recognizes as worthless). This love of gambling is complemented by his enjoyment for cheating, and he proudly admits that cheating is one of his greatest skills shamelessly rigging every game he's seen participating to while justifying himself by claiming that if the cheat isn't exposed, it is "fair" game.
His addiction to gambling is such that he can remember specific instances of when he gambled on one. Moreover, D'Arby developed a philosophy comparing gambling to social life, claiming that like gambling, it revolves around fakes and cheats. According to him, those who are stupid enough to be cheated simply deserve it and have no right to complain, exhibiting a belief in a form of social Darwinism. In contrast, D'Arby readily accepts that Jotaro Kujo broke his finger when the student saw through one of his tricks as his punishment.
D'Arby seems to hold some pride in his family name, making the effort of spelling it to the Joestar group and being angered when Joseph Joestar persists in calling him by the wrong name (which would be perceived as a grave insult to Japanese audiences), though this may have been part of his plan.
Abilities
Stand
D'Arby's Stand is Osiris, of the power to extract a target's soul when they sense defeat, typically after a game or bet with him; after which it is compressed as one or more casino tokens.
Gambling
Gambling and cheating: With a flair for deception, D'Arby is a skilled professional gambler, confident in his ability to prevail in any type of game, with his forte being poker. D'Arby has an exceptionally keen mind when it comes to cheating. He not only made sure that a whole bar was rigged in his favor when he played against the Joestar Group, but could also think of a way to cheat on the spot when playing against Joseph.
Sleight of Hand: D'Arby has exceptionally fine motor skills and sense of touch, enabling him to perform cardistry. He is nimble and precise to the point that he can figure out which page of a book he is on just by touching it with his fingers, and he's able to recall the exact order of cards in a deck after shuffling it. D'Arby performs card tricks masterfully, with Jotaro being able to spot his second dealing only through Star Platinum's enhanced perception.
History
Background
Daniel J. D'Arby was born around 1958 and grew up alongside his brother Telence T. D'Arby.
D'Arby is a man who seems to have a predatory desire for tricking people into his seemingly innocuous games just to steal their souls with his Stand. He then begins goading the loser's friends and family to try winning back the soul, giving him even larger winnings. With this, he has collected several souls, including those of the Moor Family. He shares this interest in collecting souls with his younger brother, Telence, though D'Arby has no interest in keeping the souls conscious in captivity, instead of having them in a deep sleep inside his collection. In addition, his collection is meticulously detailed, with every soul's name listed, as well as area and date of capture.
At some point in the past, D'Arby had tried to hit on his brother's girlfriend, prompting Telence to savagely beat him up. D'Arby would never challenge Telence due to his ability to read minds.
Stardust Crusaders (1989)
The Joestar group encounter D'Arby while searching Cairo for DIO's mansion. Initially, the heroes come to a bar he is sitting in to ask the barman about DIO's Mansion shown on one of Joseph's Spirit Photographs, without success. D'Arby tells them he knows the location of the mansion but refuses to share the information for money. Instead, he suggests that the win the information from him in games of chance. He first quickly sets up a game to see which one of two pieces of beef a nearby cat would take first. An impatient Polnareff accepts his bet, as well as the condition that Polnareff bets his soul in return, thinking it is all nonsense. D'Arby wins the bet and takes Polnareff's soul with his Stand, Osiris, as well as revealing himself to be one of DIO's men and the owner of the cat involved in the game.
Because of his Stand's nature, the Joestar group had to beat him at his own game to win back their friend's soul. Joseph tries outsmarting D'Arby in a game where they put coins in a glass of liquor until someone loses by causing the glass to spill over, but D'Arby turns out to be the better cheater thanks to a piece of melted chocolate under the glass.
Jotaro then challenges D'Arby at poker, which the gambler comments on is his strongest game. After Jotaro foils his attempt at second dealing by breaking his finger, D'Arby is visibly shaken and declares that he is no longer fighting for DIO, but for his pride as a gambler. He splits Polnareff's and Joseph's souls into five chips each for them to use. They then get a nearby boy to deal the cards for them. Jotaro loses with his pairs of eights and nines to D'Arby's queens and jacks. As it turns out, D'Arby has the entire café and "everyone within a stone's throw of it" on his payroll. He confidently tells himself that no matter who Jotaro picks to deal the cards, he will only get bad hands.
In the second round of the game, Jotaro refuses to look at his cards, saying he will play with the ones he has. D'Arby is disturbed, but dismisses Jotaro's decision as a cheap bluff. However, Jotaro then keeps D'Arby with his remaining "soul chips", as well as Avdol's and Kakyoin's souls, without a single twitch. This, along with Star Platinum fetching Jotaro a cigarette and a drink without D'Arby noticing at first. D'Arby's thus begins to wonder if Jotaro could have used his Star Platinum to cheat and switch the card. Despite his own four of a kind, kings, D'Arby is nervous about the outcome of the game. D'Arby decides to accept Jotaro's challenge and tries to call, but then Jotaro raises his mother's soul, demanding D'Arby meet his raise with information on DIO's Stand. This causes D'Arby to panic, knowing that if he were to tell, DIO would have him killed for betraying him. D'Arby tries to force himself to call Jotaro's bet, but he falls apart completely and becomes a hysteric mess, admitting defeat in his heart. Polnareff, Joseph and the hundreds of other souls D'Arby had collected over the years are freed from his collection.
After D'Arby's defeat, Jotaro mentions how strong of an opponent he was, and that they were lucky to defeat him as he could've beaten all four of them.
Spin-Offs
OVER HEAVEN
When DIO first meets D'Arby, he intuitively understands him to be a Stand user. DIO takes an interest in him and wonders if he could be the trustworthy friend needed for his plan to attain heaven, but quickly comes to the conclusion that a gambler can't have a pure enough soul.[6] In a later meeting, DIO recruits D'Arby and discovers his Stand. Though he may not be the trustworthy friend, DIO thinks that his ability can still help him collect the souls of 36 sinners.[7]
D'Arby's ability plays a significant role in DIO's plan to reach heaven. His Stand, Osiris, is able to divide a soul into 10 chips. White chips represent righteousness, while black chips represent wickedness. 36 souls, needed for the plan, can be divided into 360 chips, a number that represents a circle or a clock, completing a full cycle.[8]
Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak
When Daniel and his brother met DIO, Telence was the first to become his devoted servant. However, Daniel would rather remain as DIO's equal unless they gambled in a one-on-one game, and thus DIO challenged him to a game of poker. At first, DIO brought up that he heard Daniel was called "Danny" when he was a kid. Thinking of the name made DIO feel like he wanted to find someone with the name "Danny", tie them up with wires, throw them into a box, and then watch them burn alive in a furnace. He threateningly asked Daniel whether this was really his childhood nickname, but Daniel hesitantly denied saying he was always called D'Arby. Afraid but regaining his composure, D'Arby agreed to DIO's challenge and thought to himself that it would be an easy win for him since he had rigged the cards he dealt to place four aces and a joker in front of him, whereas DIO was given a worthless hand.
At first he thought of DIO as an amateur, letting his disappointment with his cards show. However, when he took a look at his cards, D'Arby was shocked to see a worthless combination of random cards. He then saw bloody fingerprints on the back of DIO's cards and discovered it was his own blood, with each of his fingernails being thinly vertically sliced. D'Arby realized that somehow DIO managed to switch their cards right in front of him. Worse, DIO then showed his cards, which were the worthless ones right in D'Arby's hand. DIO had switched their cards again mid-speech without D'Arby having any idea of DIO's methods. Appreciating how composed D'Arby looked while he was cheating, DIO took pity on him and lets him win. However, he told D'Arby to consider this victory a loan, ordering him to never lose a match again with a sinister, murderous look. D'Arby severely panicked upon seeing DIO's otherworldly power, realizing anything he could do was useless. Thus, he was frightened into servitude by DIO.
Eyes of Heaven
When Heaven-Attained DIO starts to rewrite reality, D'Arby is among the people who recover and resume working for DIO.
D'Arby acts independently from DIO when he travels to 1999's Morioh and takes a seat at Cafe Deux Magots. The gambler coerces Jolyne into betting her soul on a coin flip; just as Jotaro recognizes the gambler as his old foe, Jolyne loses the bet and has her soul taken by Osiris. Jotaro then examines D'Arby's coin, which, naturally, has tails on both sides. Determined not to be humiliated again, D'Arby has come independently of "his" orders to challenge Jotaro to a poker game, with both his and Jolyne's souls on the line. Jotaro comes out on top, and D'Arby is forced to return Jolyne's soul to her body. Before disappearing, D'Arby warns Jotaro that "his" power is not to be trifled with.
Later, Jotaro recovers one of the parts from D'Arby, who also reveals that DIO requires souls to complete his Stand's true ability, of which Pucci alone knows.
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 184: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 185: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 188: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 6 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 210: Shooting DIO?! (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 211: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1
- Chapter 212: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2
- Chapter 213: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 3
- Chapter 214: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 4
- Chapter 215: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 5
- Chapter 216: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 6 (Retired)
- Chapter 227: D'Arby the Player, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 228: D'Arby the Player, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 229: D'Arby the Player, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 230: D'Arby the Player, Part 4 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 234: D'Arby the Player, Part 8 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 235: D'Arby the Player, Part 9 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 236: D'Arby the Player, Part 10 (Mentioned only)
- Steel Ball Run Extra Chapter 3: Untitled Stand Chapter (Mentioned only)
- Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak: Chapter 12 (Pet Sounds's Ability)
- Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak: Chapter 13 (Pet Sounds’s Ability)
Anime Appearances- Stardust Crusaders Episode 34: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 35: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2 (Retired)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 40: D'Arby the Player, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 41: D'Arby the Player, Part 2 (Flashback)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 42: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 10 (OVA): D'Arby the Gambler (Retired)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 11 (OVA): DIO's World: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice (Mentioned only)
Novel Appearances- Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 7: DIO (Pet Sounds's Ability)
Quotes
Quotes- “I love gambling. I'm addicted to such silly thrills. (わたしは賭け事が大好きでね くだらないスリルに目がなくってやみつきってやつでして……)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 211: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1
- “All right... we had a deal. Give it to me! Your soul... (さあ…約束でしたね
払っていただきましょうか ！ 『魂』ですよ)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 211: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1 - “By the way, this is my cat. (ところでこいつはわたしの猫さ)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 211: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1
- “My name is D'Arby, D-A-R-B-Y. The "D" has an apostrophe. (̺わたしの名はダービー。
D. A. R. B. Y 。D の上にダッシュがつく。)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 212: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2 - “If you can't see through a person's cheating, you can't see their defeat. (イカサマを見抜けなかったのは見抜けない人間の敗北なのです)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 212: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2
- “To me, gambling's just the same as any other human relationship... It's all about deceiving one another. Crying about it is the same as defeat. (わたしはね 賭けとは人間関係と同じ……だまし合いの関係と考えています 泣いた人間の敗北なのですよ)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 212: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2
- “It's D'Arby! Don't make that mistake again! My name is D'Arby! Not Orby, and not Barbie either! (ダービーだ… 二度と間違えるな！ わたしの名はダービーというんだ！オービーでもバービーでもない！)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 212: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2
- “This next game might just be your last... (ネクスト・ゲームではなくてひょっとするとこのゲームが
最後 かもな)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 215: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 5 - “Eeeeeeeeeeek! I'll say it! I'm the best gambler there is! (ヒイイイイイイイイ 言ってやるゥゥゥゥ おれは最強のバクチ打ちだァァァァァァ)”—Daniel J. D'Arby, Chapter 216: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 6
Creation and Development
Hirohiko Araki wanted to include battles that didn't just boil down to fistfights, given the evolution from Ripple to Stands. He needed to add some variance to Stand abilities, as he wanted to keep the battles between the Joestar party and DIO's minions fresh by switching between one-on-one and team battles. Although he previously included a gambling battle in Cool Shock B.T., one of his earlier works, he wanted to include one again in the form of a Stand battle.[9] He also mentions that he created Daniel J. D'Arby's character to have a showdown between a well-established cheater like Joseph Joestar and someone else who could be his equal.[10] The coin game D'Arby plays against Joseph is inspired by the 1968 movie Farewell Friend / Adieu l'ami by Jean Hermin where it is used multiple times by Charles Bronson's character.
Araki thinks of gambling as a game where people bet on their own soul and pride, and that the money and chips used are representations of souls. He says that one can only win or lose in a gamble, and with D'Arby as the sole challenger he wanted to give him the mental fortitude and cunning to serve as a challenge to Jotaro as well as instill some fear. He also likes coming up with ideas for gambling because people can turn almost anything into a bet.[9]
Araki enjoyed drawing the D'Arby battle, and also liked the character,[11] so he reused the character's concept in the form of Telence T. D'Arby. He didn't want to reuse the poker concept, so he decided to make Telence play video games instead. The gambling battle also led to Josuke and Rohan's dice battle in Part 4, and Josuke and Jobin's beetle battle in Part 8. Overall, Araki thinks that introducing the D'Arby brothers and Oingo Boingo brothers in Part 3 separated the series from other manga as it allowed him to add more variation to battles.[9]
In the TV anime, the animation for his hand movements was motion captured from an actual magician.[12]
Gallery
D'Arby's initial appearance, telling the Crusaders he knows where DIO's Mansion is
Telling the Crusaders about his love of gambling
Asking Polnareff to wager his soul
D'Arby with his cat
"GOOD!"
Annoyed at Joseph Joestar for not referring to him by his proper name
Posing with Joseph and Polnareff's souls
Flipping through a Bible
Star Platinum breaking D'Arby's finger for cheating
Questioning Jotaro's bet
Shocked at Jotaro's gambling abilities
D'Arby tries to conceal his cheating
D'Arby sweats
D'Arby falls out of his chair in fright
D'Arby panics
D'Arby admits defeat in his heart
Chapter 212 Cover
Chapter 214 Cover
Chapter 215 Cover
Chapter 216 Cover
D'Arby's initial appearance
Confidently smirking
"Go ahead, Mr. Joestar!"
Accepting Jotaro's challenge to poker
Flipping through a Bible
Star Platinum breaking D'Arby's finger for cheating
D'Arby tries to conceal his cheating
D'Arby sweating
D'Arby falls out of his chair in fright
D'Arby panics
D'Arby accepts defeat in his heart
Younger D'Arbies
D'Arby and his Stand's Egypt 9 Glory Gods card
Stardust Crusaders 2016 Calendar (September–October)
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Introduces himself with his card tricks (Ep. 10)
Before betting with Polnareff, he invites Joseph for a card game
Him and his cat
Claiming Polnareff's soul as a poker chip
Scruffed by an angry Avdol, for him stealing Polnareff's soul
Showcases the Moor families' Poker Chips
Flaunting his past victims
D'Arby slyly eating a bar of chocolate
"Good!"
Drops 5 coins
D'Arby chastises Joseph for calling him the wrong name twice
Accepts Jotaro's request to shuffle the cards
Eager to challenge Jotaro in a game of poker
Finger snapped by Star Platinum for cheating
The reason for his broken finger is because of his slight of hand cheating
Wraps his broken finger up with a handkerchief
Claims the chips he won from Jotaro after almost losing to him
Onto the 2nd round of cards, he grows impatient with Jotaro for not looking at his own cards
Secretly reveals that everyone in the entire bar is working under him
Looks as if he's about to bust a vein from Jotaro constantly bluffing him
Upset at Jotaro's Stand mischief
Falls out of his chair in shock after Jotaro demands DIO's location from him
Has a panic attack as he can't even stand properly
Still panicking, he can't even say a WORD
Overwhelmed by sheer panic, D'Arby passes out
Rambling and being mentally broken, he reveals DIO's Mansion is located near where a 'Whore House' used to be
Gone completely insane from the sheer defeat
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D'Arby in the Main Menu of Heritage for the Future
D'Arby's appearance in Eyes of Heaven
Darby panics as he loses the poker game
D'Arby appeared as Assist in Diamond Records
D'Arby model
Icon
Idle
Carefully inserting coins into the glass
Mentally defeated
Charging to Attack
Attacking
Win Pose
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[EX] Gambler Wagering Souls
![[EX] Gambler Wagering Souls](/File:PPPStickerDanielEX.png)
D'Arby in Last Survivor
D'Arby in character trailer
Chara Heroes; Part 3 Vol.3
JoJo's Bizarre Mini Figure Another Color
Ichiban Kuji Travel Sticker Set
Anime 10th Anniversary Exhibition Can Badges
Adventure Battle Card; Daniel J. D'Arby
Daniel J. D'Arby
D'Arby the Gambler
Daniel J. D'Arby
JoJo 6251 (Inside Illustration)
JOJO A-GO!GO! (Inside Illustration)
References
- ↑ Pet Shop's Horus - Vol.8 "Shueisha Jump Remix Stardust Crusaders Edition" P84 The Secret of JOJO Characters
- ↑ In Chapter 228: D'Arby the Player, Part 2, D'Arby's brother Telence T. D'Arby, who is 21, mentions that his brother is 10 years older than him.
- ↑ JOJO magazine 2023 WINTER: The History of JOJO
- ↑ Yuji Kishi "CODE RED" Official Website - Biography of YUJI KISHI
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: STANDS, p.104
- ↑ OVER HEAVEN Chapter 5
- ↑ OVER HEAVEN Chapter 7
- ↑ OVER HEAVEN Chapter 51
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 JoJonium Volume 14 (Daniel J. D'Arby) - Special Interview
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Osiris
- ↑ Kappa Magazine (December 1996)
- ↑ Age_seeker tweets (576720712435507200)
