And I’m glad the artbook info was useful! There are a bunch more that were published through the years, but all the nicer ones are still in print. It’s really amazing seeing how much her art has changed since the series started.

That particular book you linked, the title’s something like The Making of From Eroica With Love, is more like an essay collection than an artbook. There are some cute illustrations to go along with the articles (that one I linked on one of the reviews that was a parody of Mars Chastising Cupid was from this book), and there’s a short crossover comic she draws in the back with a few other 70s artists, but it’s mostly text. The edition you linked is a very small bunkouban, the larger edition of that book does have about a dozen color illustrations and a few photos in the front, but I think the bunkouban only reproduces them in black and white.

If you’re looking for one that isn’t too expensive, there’s the unusual Eroica Nurie, 4838717504. The book itself is magazine sized, and there are around 15 or so color illustrations in the front, I think, with a few sliding in from her other series. The second half of the book includes line drawings of the same illustrations, followed by black and white clothing for Klaus and Dorian, and a couple color paper doll templates in the back, with the idea that you’re supposed to “color” the illustrations. The paper is really thick and glossy, not coloring book paper, and the paper dolls are printed on the same paper with no punches or anything, so I’m not entirely sure what you’re supposed to do with it other than look. There are illustrations of the characters offering commentary in the margins of all the pictures, too. It’s really, really weird.

The huge, regular-type artbook for the series is called Plus Ultra, 4835441869. It’s huge, and has around 200 color illustrations from Aoike’s entire body of work. It’s expensive though, around 5,000 yen.

Most of it is pretty serious stuff focusing on Klaus, and some serious stuff for Dorian too, but the beginning bits with Dorian are pretty good, and any scene with him and the Major together is to die for, as always.

I’m sorry, I just now realized I archived your message instead of answering it. I have a bad habit of just archiving everything in my inbox, I don’t really get that much e-mail. I appreciate the recommendation, though ^_^; I’ll answer it properly tonight.

I’m not sure if you got the message I sent you about Love*Com, but I think it’s worth looking into.

Anyway, I agree with you about the cover change. Even though Dorian is wearing a cool hat on the Japanese version of volume 13, the cover is meh otherwise.