Transparent Light Blue

Transparent Light Blue
First tankōbon volume cover
透明な薄い水色に
(Toumei na Usui Mizuiro ni)
Genre
Manga
Written byKiyoko Iwami
Published byIchijinsha
English publisher
MagazineComic Yuri Hime
Original runOctober 18, 2017 – December 18, 2017
Volumes1 (List of volumes)

Transparent Light Blue (Japanese: 透明な薄い水色に, Hepburn: Toumei na Usui Mizuiro ni) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kiyoko Iwami. It was published in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from October 18, 2017, to December 18, 2017, before being collected into a single tankōbon volume in 2018. It is licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Synopsis

Ritsu, a high school girl who is in love with her childhood friend Ichika, has been keeping her feelings to herself. However, when her childhood friend Shun confesses his love for Ichika, their relationship turns into a love triangle.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kiyoko Iwami, Transparent Light Blue was serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from October 18, 2017, to December 18, 2017. It was collected into a tankōbon volume on January 18, 2018, including two additional short stories "Apron" and "Shade".[1]

The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.[2]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 18, 2018[1]9784758077729April 2, 2019[3]978-1-642750-41-6

Reception

The series has received mixed to negative reviews. In Anime News Network's "Spring 2019 Manga Guide" Rebecca Silverman gave Transparent Light Blue a 2.5 rating and Faye Hopper gave it a 2 rating. While Silverman felt the series "treads a little too close to the “nonconsensual” line for me to be fully invested", she went on to note that "if sexier yuri (without any actual sex) is what you're looking for and those issues don't bother you, Transparent Light Blue delivers while feeling less trashy than Citrus." Hopper had a similar negative review, finding that "Transparent Light Blue is a case where all the awareness and understanding of how messed-up a situation is in the world can't salvage its overall content."[4]

Reviewing the series for Otaku USA, Jason Bradley Thompson found the pacing "iffy", feeling the series tried to do too much in too few pages, concluding that "In both the central and secondary story, original ideas clash against clunky execution and sometimes crude artwork."[5] Erica Friedman of Yuricon was more forgiving toward the series, giving it an overall 7 out of 10 and remarking that "In 2010, Transparent Light Blue would have felt like a triumph. In 2019, it feels a little regressive, but still delivers a dose of dopamine if you like soap opera."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "透明な薄い水色に". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Seven Seas Adds Railgun, Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Orphen Spinoff Manga; 3 Light Novel Series". Anime News Network. July 8, 2018. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Series: Transparent Light Blue". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Spring 2019 Manga Guide - Transparent Light Blue". Anime News Network. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Thompson, Jason (August 24, 2019). "[Review] Transparent Light Blue". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Friedman, Erica (May 10, 2019). "Yuri Manga: Transparent Light Blue (English)". Okazu. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.