Danny

Danny (ダニー) is a minor character appearing in Phantom Blood.

He is Jonathan Joestar's dog and childhood best friend. Danny's death at the hands of Dio Brando serves as one of the primary catalysts in the lifelong rivalry between Jonathan and Dio.

Appearance
Danny resembles a large and lean Harlequin Great Dane. He is white and spotted with black.

Personality
Danny is cheerful, given his active play with Jonathan.

Danny was timid and fearful before he saved Jonathan's life. George Joestar I comments that Danny is a very gentle dog who saved a drowning Jonathan despite the boy having antagonized him for a while, as Danny respects the value of life.

Abilities
On one occasion, Danny heroically swims out to Jonathan while he is drowning, dragging him back to the land by his collar.

Jonathan mentions that Danny is well behaved, and is smart enough to open doors.

Phantom Blood
George Joestar I bought Danny when he was a puppy when Jonathan was five years old. Danny was very afraid of unfamiliar places and strange people causing him to bite Jonathan when the young boy first approached him. For a while, Jonathan also antagonized Danny by throwing stones at him. One day, while swimming in a river, Jonathan started drowning and was saved by Danny, which made them the best of friends.

When Dio arrives, he kneels Danny in the jaw while lying that he did it because he has been startled by the animal running at him. Weeks later, Dio retaliates for Jonathan beating him by placing the hound in the incinerator to be burned to death. When Jonathan learns of Danny's agonizing death upon his return, the dog buried in the backyard of the Joestar Mansion, he knows that Dio has a role in this. That night, Jonathan cries while laying awake in bed over losing his only remaining friend.

Gallery
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Trivia

 * In the manga, Danny manages to escape from the incinerator as he is being burned, but in the anime, this is only commented on and not actually shown.
 * In the Anime, Danny's backstory and his saving of Jonathan's life is completely skipped.
 * In Steel Ball Run, Danny's counterpart is a white mouse.