Leaky-Eye Luca
Luca (ルカ, Ruka), commonly known by his nickname "Leaky Eye Luca" (涙目のルカ, Namidame no Ruka), is a tertiary antagonist featured in the fifth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Vento Aureo.
Luca is a Passione member controlling all illegal businesses done at Naples' airport. After finding out that Giorno Giovanna has committed crimes on his territory without paying his tithe to him, Luca confronts the young boy. This incident triggers the events of Vento Aureo, as Passione sends Bruno Bucciarati to find and execute whoever attacked Luca.
He has no known Stand but uses a shovel as a weapon instead, which he uses to beat people with.
Appearance
Luca is a man of average to below-average height, being nearly eye to eye with Giorno, with a hunched stature. The two distinct features of Luca's appearance are his constantly leaking right eye, which he received due to a previous facial injury, with the scar noticeable under his eye, and his bangs which come down into two points.
Luca wears a coat with flower patterns covering it, which are given more detail in the manga, over a button-up shirt. Luca is always seen carrying a shovel with the acronym "S.P.Q.R." engraved on it.
Color Schemes
Personality
Luca is a ruthless and merciless gangster. Luca usually hides behind a masquerade of amiability and citing friendship as one of the most important values. However, he uses the term friendship to disguise his will to be obeyed and paid for what he sees as his due payments for operating on his territory. Luca is particularly callous and violent, threatening Giorno Giovanna for money, and refusing to listen when Giorno adamantly claims to have none. When he saw a frog, he also ordered Giorno to kill it and attempted to bash it, as well as Giorno. Narancia Ghirga comments that Luca was generally mean to others and that he sold drugs to children.
History
Nothing is known of Luca's past, except for the fact that he was in a fight that left him with his signature injury and moniker.[3]
In the anime, Luca is first seen assaulting an unlicensed taxi driver who attempted to earn money on Luca's territory without paying him a protection fee. The man eventually rats out someone else who has been dealing behind Luca's back. After getting a name, Giorno Giovanna, out of the man, Luca thanks him for the information before finishing him off.
Luca meets Giorno at a fenced-off area of the airport and begins the conversation by asking Giorno his age, which he finds comical upon hearing. Luca then details the three pillars of friendship: truth, forgiveness, and above all respect. When Giorno dares to ask Luca what he wants, he immediately shoves his shovel handle in the youth's face and loudly rebukes him. Luca then reveals that he seeks a protection fee from Giorno, and begins searching his wallet. However, all Luca finds is a picture of Giorno's father, as Giorno had already paid a pair of guards to ignore his illegal activity.
Finding Giorno's wallet empty and becoming increasingly frustrated with the youth, Luca swipes at his neck with a shovel, though Giorno dodges the blow. Suddenly, a frog jumps out of a sewer drain and hops onto Giorno's leg, continuing up his body. Luca tells Giorno to get rid of the frog, but Giorno refuses. This second act of defiance drives Luca over the edge, compelling him to strike both the frog and Giorno's chest with his shovel. However, the frog fully reflects the attack back toward Luca, creating an imprint of his own shovel on the back of his head and killing him.[3][4]
Following the incident, Polpo assigns Bruno Bucciarati and his team the task of investigating Luca's murder, despite Narancia's objections. While interrogating Giorno, Bucciarati initially states that Luca is alive, but in critical condition with little-to-no possibility of recovery. However, this is soon revealed to be a lie, as Bucciarati claims that his boss had Luca killed and allowed Bucciarati to use Luca's fingers and eyeball as scare tactics.[5] Ultimately, Bucciarati reports to Polpo that he failed to identify Luca's killer, at the same time recommending Giorno to the organization.[6]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2
- Chapter 443: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 1 (Corpse only) (Eye)
- Chapter 444: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 2 (Corpse only) (Eye and fingers)
- Chapter 445: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 446: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 4 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 447: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 5 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 448: Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 590: Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves" (Mentioned only)
Anime Appearances- Golden Wind Episode 1: Gold Experience (Death)
- Golden Wind Episode 2: Bucciarati is Coming (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 3: Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 38: Gold Experience Requiem (Mentioned only)
Novel Appearances- Purple Haze Feedback Chapter 8: 'o surdato 'nnammurato (Mentioned only)
Quotes
Quotes- “When it comes to friendship, there are three "Us" you have to keep in mind, see? Just three "Us." The first... is to be upfront. The second is to be understanding... And the third's to be unpretentious. Got it? The three "Us" of friendship. (いい友情関係ってのには３つの『U』が必要なんだなあ………！ ３つの『U』。ああ…１つ目はな………「
う そをつかない」だ。２つ目は「う らまない」… そして３つ目は相手を「敬う」… いいだろ？友情の ３つの『U』だ)”—Luca, Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2 - “I gave you an order! I asked for a protection fee, too! And you're gonna ignore the both of them?! You're really giving Leaky Eye Luca a "no" on both counts?! (おれはおめーに命令したんだ！ ショバ代を払えとも言った！ 両方とも逆らうっつーんだな!? この「涙目のルカ」に「両方」とも「
NO 」つぅーんだなッ！)”—Luca, Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2 - “You... You...! You're standing in your own damn grave! (てめーはもう…〜〜〜 てめーはもう〜〜〜 てめえはもうおしまいだぁあーーーっ!!)”—Luca, Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2
Video Games
Diamond Records (Android/iOS)
6-star
(Fighting Spirit)
Max LVL Stats: 4010 HP/4010 ATK/4010 DEF
Max LVL Tree Stats: 24010 HP/14010 ATK/14010 DEF
3-star Assist
(Fighting Spirit)
Max LVL Stats: 5400 HP/2700 ATK/2700 DEF
Max LVL Tree Stats: 9400 HP/4700 ATK/4700 DEF
4-star Assist
(Fighting Spirit)
Max LVL Stats: 15300 HP/9100 ATK/11300 DEF
Max LVL Tree Stats: 19300 HP/29100 ATK/13300 DEF
Gallery
Initial appearance
Angry at Giorno's interruption
Swinging his shovel to attack Giorno
Trying to smash Giorno's frog
Luca's attack reflected back at himself
Luca's eyeball, taken by Bucciarati
Initial appearance
Punishing an unlicensed taxi driver for not paying his protection fee
First meet with Giorno Giovanna
Wiping away a leaky tear
Yelling at Giorno for interrupting his monologue
Taking out Giorno's wallet, revealing a photo of DIO
Swiping at Giorno with his shovel
Striking Giorno's frog - his final act
Luca's skull caved in from the impact of his own shovel
Unconscious from the extreme damage
Luca's eye, salvaged from his corpse
Luca full-body key art in the anime
Gold Italy Tour Teaser Render
Luca expression key art in the anime
Luca's model in GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
Luca demanding a fee from Giorno
Icon
Idle
Charging to Attack
Attacking
Win Pose
Chara Heroes; Part 5 Vol.1
References
- ↑
- Chapter 440: Gold Experience, Part 1, p.2. At the beginning, Koichi says it as been three months since the new year.
- Chapter 572: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1, p.7. Giorno's watch shows it is the 6th during the last day of Vento Aureo.
- All subsequent dates are calculated from there.
- ↑ Chapter 444: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2
- ↑ Chapter 590: Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves"
- ↑ Chapter 444: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 2
- ↑ Chapter 448: Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall, Part 1
