Joanne Harcourt

Joanne HarcourtKuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 70, page 14 (ジョアン・ハーコート, Joan Hākōto) is a second-year student at Weston College.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 70, page 12 He is part of the Red House, classified by his gentility. He is the former Prefect's Fag of Edgar Redmond, and the current Prefect's Fag of the incumbent Red House Prefect.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 119, pages 10-11
==Appearance==
Joanne Harcourt is a young male student. He has straight silver-blonde hair, cut to chin length, and side bangs that usually cover one of his red eyes. His typical attire consists of a suit and a tie, as part of his school uniform. After he becomes the Prefect's Fag of the Red House, he starts to wear the dorm flower—a rose—in the buttonhole of his jacket.
==Personality==
Having been deemed a liar by the majority of the students,Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 70, page 14 Joanne possesses low self-esteem. As a consequence, he developed a reserved demeanor and rejects the idea of being popular, claiming that his only potential is to read and nothing else.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 70, page 13
Joanne has a fragile temperament, as shown when he easily bursts into tears when reminded of the pitiful state he is in due to the misunderstanding of other students, but eventually regains his confidence when he becomes Edgar Redmond's Fag. Despite his timid and easily-intimidated personality, Joanne is good-natured and kind-hearted boy who generally regards others with friendliness.
==Plot==
===Public School Arc===
Joanne Harcourt is in the library of Weston College. He attempts to read the original version of Hegel's "The Science of Logic," but is unable to reach the top of the bookcase, and thus Professor Michaelis, the dormitory warden, aids him. When Professor Michaelis comments that he must be popular for being capable of reading such a challenging book, Joanne denies this, saying that his sole capability is reading.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 70, pages 12-13
Professor Michaelis observes his troubled countenance and suggests that they head to the chapel. There, Joanne discloses to him that Maurice Cole claimed to have given him an invitation to the Swan Gazebo, but he never received it. Later the invitation was discovered in his desk, so everyone deemed him a liar.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 70, pages 13-14 Professor Michaelis assures Joanne that he does not think he is a liar, and tells him to pray that this misunderstanding will clear up one day.
After Maurice's treacheries are exposed, Joanne replaces him as Edgar Redmond's Fag. He socializes with the P4 and their Fags at the Swan Gazebo, and explains to Ciel Phantomhive the fundamentals of June 4th.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 72, pages 15-16 He relates with Ciel on the matter that it would be awkward to compete against friends in the upcoming cricket tournament.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 72, page 24
During the opening ceremony of the tournament, Joanne appears beside Edgar as their dormitory is introduced to the visitors.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 74, page 30 He is later selected as one of the participants in the competition roster for the first round.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 75, page 30
After the tournament, Joanne is next seen at the Midnight Tea Party, due to his role as the Prefect's Fag. He is not seen to speak and is shocked when Derrick Arden is revealed to be a Bizarre Doll and the headmaster is revealed to be Undertaker.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapters 81-82 He is shocked at the Prefects' revelations of Derrick's death.Kuroshitsuji manga; Chapter 83, page 34
==Trivia==
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===Etymology===
* "Joanne" is a variant of "Joan"—a Medieval English form of "Johanne"Behind the Name — Joan—or "Johanne"Behind the Name — Joanne—the French, Danish and Norwegian form of "Iohanna."Behind the Name — Johanne The Latin name "Iohanna" is derived from Greek Ἰωάννα (Ioanna) which is the feminine form of Ἰωάννης (Ioannes),Behind the Name — Joanna a name derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan). It means "YAHWEH is gracious" and comes from יוֹ (yo, refers to the Hebrew God) and חָנַן (chanan, "to be gracious").Behind the Name — John
* "Harcourt" comes from either Harcourt in Normandy or Harcourt in Shropshire. The former "Harcourt" is derived from Olde French cour(t) ("court") and an unknown first element, and the latter one from Old English haforcere ("hawker," "falconer") and cot(e) ("cottage")—"the falconer's cottage."SurnameDB — Harcourt
===Out of Universe===
* According to the official Kuroshitsuji character popularity poll, Joanne is the twenty-third most popular character in the series, with 54 votes. He shares this spot with Gregory Violet, who also received 54 votes.June 2015 Issue of Square Enix's GFantasy Magazine
* Joanne is a very popular character among Yana Toboso's assistants and Mr. K, her editor. This fact made Toboso reconsider her plan of only letting Joanne appear very briefly in the manga; turning him into a more important and regular character. Furthermore, Mr. K even tried to get Joanne on the cover of Volume 16.Yana Toboso on her old blog: "Actually, (Harcourt) was supposed to appear only in that one scene, but because editor K and my assistants kept telling me that he's cute all the time, he has become a regular character in the boarding school arc."Mr. K on Twitter: "My last and biggest mission this year is to get Harcourt (a student from the boarding school arc) on the cover of the new Kuroshitsuji comicbook which is going to be released next year. It probably won't happen, though."Mr. K's involvement in the story-making of Kuroshitsuji
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* He is portrayed by Fuuto Uchino in The Public School's Secret.
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