Blogcritics: Comments on From Eroica With Love

Comment by Adonis Sang Raal

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:39:52 EDT

I was always hoping Ceasar would pop up again, but alas the Earl's world continues to turn with out him it seems. I will have to find Seven Seas,Seven Skies on my own, in fact I belive it is one of your Fanfictions that mentions Tyrian, Kadorienne. In the U.S., volume 4 is out now- I've noticed a few changes in the artistic style- mainly it's gotton slightly better, but I've always loved old school manga anyway. And has anyone found out who Frank is yet?

Comment by Bryce Eddings

Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:53:57 EST

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Comment by Bill Sherman

Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:44:36 EST

Then who's Frank? Just kidding. I was concentrating so much on getting the Japanese names and terms right that I flubbed the simply monosyllable 'un. Typical. I've corrected by removing the accountant's name completely. . . Thanks for the info on the series.

Comment by Kadorienne

Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:23:09 EST

Alas, you won't see Major Eberbach putting his hands under Achilles' skirt. After that issue, Achilles and Caesar both vanish entirely, and the rest of the series is taken up with Dorian's pursuit of Klaus through art theft and espionage mission.
The reason for the change in direction is that Klaus wasn't originally intended to be part of the series; apparently Caesar was supposed to be Dorian's love interest. But after writing the first issue, Aoike wrote a separate story ("Seven Seas, Seven Skies") about Dorian's lookalike ancestor, Luminous Red Benedict. The story needed a villain, so Aoike created Tyrian Persimmon (whose portrait is owned by his lookalike descendant Klaus von dem Eberbach and coveted by Dorian). To her own surprise, she found herself "falling madly in love" with her villain, and so she reincarnated him as Klaus so that she could continue writing about him.
Oh, and Dorian's accountant is named James, not Frank.