CHARACTER PROFILE
Leaky-Eye Luca
- Primary work
- Vento Aureo
- Occupation
- Passione member↗
Leaky-Eye Luca (涙目のルカ, Namidame no Ruka) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo.
Luca is a Passione member controlling all illegal businesses done at Naples's 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 his killer.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
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.↗
03Personality
Luca is a ruthless and merciless gangster. Luca usually hides behind a masquerade of amiability, 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 operations taking place 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 sees a frog hop onto Giorno's clothes, he also orders Giorno to kill it, and attempts to bash both when the boy refuses.↗
04Story
SPOILERS
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.↗↗
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.↗
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.↗↗↗
Following the incident, Polpo assigns Bruno Bucciarati and his team the task of investigating Luca's murder, despite Narancia 's objections. Though Bucciarati initially assigns Fugo to the case, believing it to be of little importance, he decides to take on the task himself after he and Mista are attacked by a strange enemy Stand. While interrogating Giorno, Bucciarati initially states that Luca is alive, but in critical condition with little-to-no possibility of recovery.↗↗↗↗↗↗↗
05Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
Narancia Ghirga later comments that, before his death, Luca was generally mean to others and even sold drugs to children.↗
Appearances
Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2 (Death)↗
Chapter 443: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 1 (Corpse only) (Eye)↗
Chapter 444: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 2 (Corpse only) (Eye and fingers)↗
Golden Wind Episode 1: Gold Experience (Death)↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 5)↗
Date of Death: March 29, 2001↗↗
Cause of Death: Shovel attack lethally reflected by Gold Experience↗↗↗↗
06Appearances
Chapter 445: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 3 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 446: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 4 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 447: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 5 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 448: Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall, Part 1 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 590: Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves" (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
07Sources & attribution
- Leaky-Eye Luca
Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
Source bibliography (10)
- In Chapter 443, Bucciarati states that Giorno's attack left Luca in critical condition, and further reveals in Chapter 444 that Passione had him killed afterward. However, in Chapter 445, Bucciarati accuses Giorno of killing Luca, and it is revealed in Chapter 590 during a flashback that Luca was found dead at the airport prior to Bucciarati's involvement. Open ↗
- 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. Open ↗
- Chapter 445: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 3 Open ↗
- Chapter 590: Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves" Open ↗
- Chapter 441: Gold Experience, Part 2 Open ↗
- Golden Wind Episode 1: Gold Experience Open ↗
- Chapter 594: Sleeping Slaves, Part 5 Open ↗
- Chapter 443: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 1 Open ↗
- Chapter 444: Bucciarati is Coming, Part 2 Open ↗
- Chapter 448: Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall, Part 1 Open ↗
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