{"id":1610,"date":"2007-09-01T20:52:15","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T00:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:04:35","slug":"translucent-vol-1-by-kazuhiro-okamoto-translated-by-heidi-plechl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/translucent-vol-1-by-kazuhiro-okamoto-translated-by-heidi-plechl\/","title":{"rendered":"Translucent (vol. 1) by Kazuhiro Okamoto, translated by Heidi Plechl [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Translucent\"<\/a>While teenage readers will surely enjoy this manga too, adults can learn a little something about teenage dynamics. Shizuka Shiroyama, a thoughtful, timid young girl, suffers from the mysterious \u201cTranslucent Syndrome,\u201d which means she cyclically starts to fade and then becomes totally invisible about the time of her period, and more often when she is stressed. Metaphor, anyone?<\/p>\n

Neither cause nor cure for the syndrome is known by the medical world, but Shizuka (her name literally means “quiet” in Japanese) seems to be the only one who is able to unfade back into view. Two special classmates \u2013\u00a0a rambunctious, lovable boy and the class beauty who only wants to be left alone \u2013\u00a0rally around Shizuka and make sure that even when she\u2019s invisible, she\u2019s anything but forgotten.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Windows: Asian Literature in Translation: New & Notable Books,\u201d The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, September\/October 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2007 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"translucent\"While teenage readers will surely enjoy this manga too, adults can learn a little something about teenage dynamics. Shizuka Shiroyama, a thoughtful, timid young girl, suffers from the mysterious \u201cTranslucent Syndrome,\u201d which means she cyclically starts to fade and then becomes totally invisible about the time of her period, and more often when she is stressed. Metaphor, anyone?<\/p>\n

Neither cause nor cure for the syndrome is known by the medical world, but Shizuka (her name literally means “quiet” in Japanese) seems to be the only one who is able to unfade back into view. Two special classmates \u2013 a rambunctious, lovable boy and the class beauty who only wants to be left alone \u2013 rally around Shizuka and make sure that even when she\u2019s invisible, she\u2019s anything but forgotten.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Windows: Asian Literature in Translation: New & Notable Books,\u201d The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, September\/October 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

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