From Eroica with Love

The series revolves around the adventures of Dorian Red Gloria, Earl of Gloria, an openly gay English lord who is an art thief known as "Eroica", and Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach, an uptight West German NATO major. They have frequent inadvertent encounters, with Dorian often disrupting Klaus's missions. Dorian has developed a fondness for and flirts incessantly with Klaus, who typically reacts with extreme disgust. ==Media==

Manga Written and illustrated by Yasuko Aoike, the series began serialization in Akita Shoten's Viva Princess magazine in December 1976, where the series was serialized until April 1979. On December 28, 2008, the series was transferred to Princess Gold. The series has been on hiatus since June 2012. The series was one of the first three titles published by CMX in English. They published the first fifteen volumes. A tribute series, titled With Love to From Eroica with Love!!, began serialization in Akita Shoten's Mystery Bonita magazine in June 2021 and was published in form on February 16, 2024. Each chapter was written by a different artist, with Moto Hagio and Naoki Urasawa participating. Stage play A stage play adaptation was performed in the in Tokyo from May 11–14, 2023. It was directed by Akiko Kodama, with Oropa Irie writing the scripts, Mako Kuwabara composing the music, and Umebou in charge of choreography. It starred Yuki Nakayama and Mitsu Murata in the lead roles. ==Reception==

In the mid-1980s, fan translations of From Eroica with Love began to circulate through the slash fiction community, creating a "tenuous link" between slash and . From Eroica with Love is more popular with slash fans than it has been with artists. Johanna Carlson of Comics Worth Reading liked the artwork, but found the story to be uninteresting. She described it as a " starter book". Jason Thompson described the story as Fake and Yellow but with added spy action. ==References==