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.

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.

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.

"[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.