‘Little Miss Period’ tries to punch through Japan’s menstruation taboos
'Her timing can be terrible and she can pack a mean punch'
‘Little Miss Period’ — a pink blob with red lips and red pants, who stars in a Japanese manga comic and movie of the same name — has a mission: breaking taboos in a society where talking about menstruation has been seen as dirty or embarrassing.
The movie Little Miss Period was released domestically in Japan last month.
It is based on a manga by male artist Ken Koyama, which debuted in 2017, before being compiled into a book.
In the manga series, Little Miss Period — ‘Seiri-chan’ in Japanese — delivers a punch to the gut that lays some women out flat before drawing blood with a syringe.
