Featured: From Eroica With Love

A picture of the manga that I posted on my IG & FB account :)

So here we go again with the "Featured" posts from yours truly. And in this post, it will be all about From Eroica with Love by Aoike Yasuko.

From Eroica with Love is a manga that I label as yaoi, comedy, crime and investigation type of story. (Sorry, I am not an otaku so I don't know how you define this thing, guys, hahaha!)

The lead character is Earl Dorian who is an aristocrat art thief who believes that he gets whatever he wants. And his nemesis in the story is Iron Klaus or Major Klaus Eberbach who is initially after Earl/Eroica until his missions were diverted with other crimes BUT by the twists of fate, they still cross each other's paths. So that's where the adventure begins.

My Comment: I really love this story. Period. I just can't help laughing on most of the parts. I learn some stuff about art. It is said that some of the characters in this story resemble the members of the band Led Zeppelin, but as much as I want to research who's-who, I decided not to because, I am more absorbed with the story than with what inspired it. The story is never boring, it is fun to read.

At first, I am uncomfortable with the concept of yaoi. I have nothing against the third gender, I am just not comfortable seeing them in the way the manga has conceptualized them (e.g. Earl and Caesar's scenes where they keep on chasing each other around and seducing.) But I got used to it anyways, hahaha! :)

I like the way Earl and Klaus think. They are really smart people in the story. Earl is strategic, at the same time he knows how to use people (his people) to get what he wants (e.g. James) and Klaus is smart as well and he knows how to foresee events without any kind of telepathic powers of some sort. Klaus also knows how to use people, he uses threat or blackmail to get what he wants (e.g. Sending anyone who doesn't follow his orders to Alaska). They have different set of values (as Earl said in the manga) but both have beautiful perspectives about art.

My favorite character is James. (I sound so biased because that is also my boyfriend's name, hahaha!)

So anyways, yes, he is my favorite character. Period. He makes me laugh everytime his part comes in the manga.

Currently, I am still on volume 2, chapter 5. I have to tell myself to stop reading this manga for a while because I have stories to write and a blog to update and this day is my only day off for this week.

I recommend this story for anyone who likes a light read, but also a challenging one. :)

Love,

AnanymouslyInLove <3