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Rocco Bonnaro is a member of Piccaro Calvino's gang. He
is involved in organized crime in order to support his blind younger sister,
Stella Bonnaro (ステラ・ボナーロ Sutera Bonāro?), and does everything he can to help
her regain her sight. Rocco sees Spike effortlessly
take out several hijackers on a spaceliner and begs Spike to teach him how
to fight. He befriends Spike although he does not tell him about the bounty on his
head. Everything goes awry when Rocco gives Spike a package to hold onto,
which contains a plant called "Grey Ash" that he stole from Calvino. This plant,
worth millions upon millions of woolongs, is capable of curing "Venus Sickness",
the disease which has blinded Stella. Rocco has a rendezvous with Spike
and they fight against Calvino's gang. Rocco manages to pull off one of Spike's Jeet
Kune Do maneuvers and topples one of the gangsters, but, in the chaos, Rocco
is gunned down. He asks Spike if they would have been friends if they had met sooner,
and dies. Later, Spike pays his respects and visits Stella in the hospital
where she is now receiving treatment, although she can feel that Rocco has died.
Before he leaves, Stella asks Spike about the type of person her brother really
was. Spike responded "You know better than anyone, without looking. He was
a terrific guy - exactly the person you thought he was."