In my opinion, the manga is great. It presents a scenario where emotions affect the body and explores the desire to be unseen by others to avoid getting hurt. I'm reading it from the raw using AI, so my translation is incomplete.
Context: The protagonist suffers from an illness that makes her body progressively transparent at different levels until she becomes completely invisible—even her shadow disappears.
Recurring problem: The protagonist falls into depression.
Recurring gag: For some reason, when she reaches over 95% transparency, she always ends up without clothes—whether by accident or necessity—usually outdoors...
Mechanic: The illness follows a monthly cycle, where transparency gradually increases from 0% to 100%, a process that should last at most one week. If the body remains transparent for more than two weeks, the person stays invisible forever. Emotions, particularly depression and joy, have a significant impact on the cycle.
Volume 1: Slice of life, introducing the characters.
Volume 2: Further character introductions.
Volume 3: Everything seems fine—perfect, emotionally stable.
Volume 4: Emotional instability, heavy drama, then an overwhelming surge of emotions.
Volume 5: Emotional support and understanding, strengthening the romantic relationship.
The problem I have with the story is that it’s never clarified whether she is semi-transparent because she’s in those days of the cycle or because her illness is worsening.
For example, in the morning, she looks at herself in the mirror and sees her whole body as normal. At night, after experiencing anxiety, she looks again and sees her torso is translucent. The next day, she’s wearing her uniform, so it’s unclear whether the transparency started because the cycle began or if it was just a result of the anxiety in that moment.
The same thing happens when she is completely transparent. On two occasions, her body is shown as fully transparent, but when she’s in the days of the cycle where she should be completely invisible, the author still draws her.
The issue is that she’s naked in front of the guy, so it’s unclear whether that phase of the illness takes her to 99.9% transparency or a full 100%. When she reaches 100% full transparency, everyone reacts in alarm, which makes it confusing.
Yeah, that’s probably just a downside of reading from the raw—you might be missing some key details.
