A Belated Intro.......

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi!  My nom-de-guerre is queen_golgo_13.  I have heard of From Eroica with Love awhile back from Aestheticism website.  Unfortuantely, at the time, I couldn't obtain any From Eroica with Love mangas and even now, the Japanese version of the series is hard to get.  Recently I purchased several volumes of the series published by CMX, and I must say

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[dessieoctavia]

Welcome to the fandom! If you like, I can hook you up with the *whispers* fan translations. If interested, email me at mosellegreen-at-yahoo.com.

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi! Thank you for welcoming me and notifying about the translations!

[mprice]

If I had to guess, I'd say the Major is playing Beethoven. In "Emperor Waltz," Klaus takes great pride in showing off to Dorian how much he knows about Beethovan, who was born and raised in Bonn. (And I don't think you can play das Panzerlied on piano.)

Welcome to the Schloss.

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi! Thanks! I'm guessing Beethoven as well as since both were born in Bonn as you said.

[mprice]

About the Japanese copies of the books, there are links in the Eroicafans.org website. (I saw in your info that you're in the US, as am I.) I have been ordering from Sasuga Japanese Bookstore in Massachusetts. I got a copy of the Plus Ultra this past winter and have all the manga up to volume 34. If only I could actually read Japanese. XD

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi! Thanks for the links, I greatly appreciate it! I will purchase the Japanese version as well!

[annelislashfan]

Welcome! I think these are casette labels (not sure of word in English), as I own a very similar looking one with Klaus and one of the Alphabets. I think these two are from a set of four, for I won just such a set on Japanese Yahoo recently. The third is a lovely one with James singing (and the fourth is non-Eroica). Feel invited to check out my website with a gallery of Eroica things (and stories I've written, a song vid and lots of other things

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi! Thanks for the info. I got these images from Yahoo Auction in Japan. Yahoo auctions in America has been discontinued but it wasn't truly active anyway. The Yahoo Japan auctions have so many Eroica stuff but unfortunately I can't order any of it simply because many sellers will not ship internationally. There's the artbook that I want which JPQueen no longer has it in stock. I have a lot of catching up to do!

I have another cute postcard image of Eroica and Klaus saying Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in English and German.

The one that has Klaus with one of the Alphabets is I think Agent Z.

[annelislashfan]

Yeah, I bought them from Yahoo in Japan. I know of the problem with buying from there (I live in Sweden myself) - I use a go between company called Celga. If you see an Eroica auction on Japanese Yahoo won by Celga_Japan - it's probably for me. :) Celga charges a little for each auction, but are very good and reliable. If you go to my site there is a link to Celga there

[annelislashfan]

I forgot - if it is that postcard -it is really neat. I especially wonder why Dorian looks so annoyed. Did the Major twart him somehow? And poor little James ... :) Nice bottle Klaus holds - it looks a little phallic to me. :)

[purplenemesis]

Hi fellow Klaus fangirl! I'm always happy to meet other people who like Klaus the most from the manga and I think the way you describe his personality was spot on!Welcome to the community (even though I'm new here too,the people here have been totally beyond nice to me so far)

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi Purple Nemesis! Nice to meet you and thank you for the welcome! After reading several volumes of the manga and observing Klaus' behavior, I came to that conclusion of his personality. Especially in one particular volume (I forgot which one) where the butler was willing to die for Klaus and mentions briefly about Klaus' mother. Our beloved Klaus was almost in tears or was rather touched by hearing about his mother but he hid it quite well. Since his mother is not mentioned much, I think she was probably a virtuous, saintly woman who died at the prematurely. In volume 6, he was very kind to the elderly nun from his private school days.

I will illustrate some Klaus fanart and post it soon. I was thinking about illustrating him along with Eroica or Agent Z in rather compromising situations but I am not sure if the fans will accept it or not. Thanks again for the welcome!

[mprice]

I am not sure if the fans will accept it or not.
Surely, you are joking? This fandom lives for smut! :-D

As for Klaus/Z, those shippers will love you. *points too ara_chan's Z-Smut series as an example*

[queen_golgo_13]

Hi! Wow! After checking the Z-smut series link, those illustrations by Yasuko herself were quite amazing. Its almost as if Klaus's eyes soften whenever he's around Agent Z! Thanks for the link!

[rolando8]

Is it just me, or did Eroica have great style-- headband and all?
He knows how to put an outfit together!