After ordering the next couple of volumes of "From Eroica with Love" on sunday. (okay not just the next couple but ALL), I went outside to get some food for work tonight, and what was there but an Amazon box. Granted I thought it was Jennie's so I was prepared to take it in to her when then I read my name, "Nia Westphal" on it.
I kid you not, I ripped into that box faster then light.
Lo and behold. volumes 3 - 5 of EROICA. Another dose of fabulous for me! Oh this warms the cockles of my heart!
Let us see how Eroica manages to piss off the Major in THESE volumes! Har har har.
Anyway- I read "Eroica" when I was a teen exchange student in Tokyo, and at the time it was common knowledge that the major characters were based on European rock stars. The blonde guy and his jealous secretary were Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and the guy chasing them Jeff Beck. Apparently the Japanese think Plant is rather full of himself, and for some reason Page had a reputation for being a skinflint. Wasn't sure if you were aware of that little subtext. Does the new translations mention that at all?