第8話

あらすじ

日本語の要約がないため、Englishで表示しています。

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After collecting a hijacking bounty en route to Venus, Spike is approached by Rocco Bonnaro, a nervous young man impressed by his fighting technique. Rocco asks for lessons, and Spike reluctantly teaches him to move with an opponent rather than relying on brute force. Before disappearing, Rocco entrusts Spike with a wrapped package. The Bebop crew discovers that it contains a rare plant used to treat the Venusian illness that has blinded Rocco's younger sister, Stella. Rocco stole the specimen from gangsters, planning to sell it and pay for her surgery. Spike visits Stella and realizes that Rocco's crimes were driven by devotion rather than profit. At their arranged meeting, the gang corners Rocco. He successfully uses Spike's lesson during the gunfight, but both he and the valuable plant are destroyed. Spike must tell Stella that her brother died, though he avoids reducing Rocco to a criminal. A music box Rocco left with her contains surviving seeds, making the operation possible after all. The bounty hunters gain no reward, but Rocco's sacrifice gives Stella a future he will never see.