D'arc Hoshino

D'arc Hoshino
	星埜(ほしの) ダルク
	Hoshino Daruku
Statistics
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Nanae Island Third High School; Adventure Club;
Status	Alive
Debut
Light Novel	Nanana's Buried Treasure 1
Anime	Disowned and Exiled (unnamed)
Seiyū
	Kana Hanazawa

D'arc Hoshino is the partner of Tensai Ikkyū.

D'arc is a teenager of average height who has dark skin and partially tied-back umber hair with golden eyes. D'arc is usually shown wearing the Nanae Island Third High School girls' uniform, the rest of the time in a maid costume.

D'arc is never seen wearing male clothes. On page 150-152 of "Tensai's Reluctant Deduction (壱級天災の極めて不本意な名推理)" an illusion of genderbent D'arc and Tensai are shown.

Personality

D'arc is primarily shy and optimistic. In contrast to Tensai, who is loud and brash, he is quiet and kinder to people.

He seems to have an attraction towards Tensai Ikkyū, which has not been completely proven, but is strongly implied. D'arc has always been seen fawning over her. He appears to be a bit of a crybaby at times.

Background

The anime makes a point of introducing Daruku as an "男の娘" otoko no ko. Though male, and honest about it, D'arc is initially mistaken as a girl by the majority of the cast. Jūgo initially discovered D'arc's biological sex by flipping up the skirt, revealing the legs of his boxer-briefs. This prompted Tensai to say that he was not a boy, but an otoko no ko.^[1]

Chronology

D'arc origin was of the spirit accidentally summoned by Tensai from "Magic Lamp", one of Nanana Collection.
After being summoned in a naked condition, D'arc started crossdressing and wearing the maid outfit.
D'arc and Tensai meet sometime before the main story begins. D'arc is somewhat attracted to Tensai but never takes any action.
The main story shown in the anime and novel begin.
In final volume, after granting Tensai's wish D'arc went back to the magic lamp leaving the empty maid clothes behind. Only to be summoned again soon after.
In Tensai's Reluctant Deduction we see a side story featuring D'arc, Tensai, and a few new characters. One of which is a girl who is into D'arc. D'arc does not return the affection.^[2]