It was licensed by Dark Horse Comics for English language release in the North America in July 2007.

The protagonist of the series is a shy young girl named Shizuka and her outgoing male friend Mamoru.

Initially Shizuka's condition only affects her arms and legs, and only partially, at seemingly randomly times and durations.

Shizuka Shiroyama (Shiroyama Shizuka) Mamoru Tadami (Tadami Mamoru) Keiko Haruna (Haruna Keiko) Koichi (No last name given) Okouchi (Okōchi) (No first name given) Dr. Momoko Takazawa In a post on the Dark Horse Forums, Philip Simon, the editor behind the US translation of Translucent announced an ETA of Translucent, Books 4 and 5—Vol.

A later reply notified readers that the translation is on hiatus, with Mr. Simon expressing a desire to get the series back into production at some later date.