Little Miss P (Japanese: 生理ちゃん, Hepburn: Seiri-chan, lit. Menstruation-chan) is a Japanese manga series by Ken Koyama. The series follows the titular character, an anthropomorphizedperiod, as she visits menstruating women in various scenarios and contexts. Launched as a webcomic in 2017, Little Miss P was serialized in the manga magazineMonthly Comic Beam from January 2017 to October 2020 and was adapted into a live-action film in 2019. The series has been critically acclaimed, and won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2019.
Little Miss P
Cover of first volume of the manga series, featuring Little Miss P
Each chapter in the series follows a particular woman as she is visited by Little Miss P, an anthropomorphic representation of her period. While the women dread Little Miss P's arrival – particularly her "Period Punch", representing menstrual cramping – as an individual she is steadfast and caring, and frequently supports the women through a personal problem or emotional turmoil. Throughout the series, Little Miss P visits women in a wide range of situations and historical contexts; one particular chapter follows a woman in the Edo period who is made to live in a menstruation hut, while another is a fictionalized biography of Yoshiko Sakai, who produced the first commercial sanitary napkins sold in Japan.
Characters
Little Miss P
An anthropomorphized representation of menstruation who visits women monthly. A practitioner of tough love, the fatigue and pain she imposes on the women she visits is belied by her supportive and understanding personality.
Mr. Libido
An anthropomorphized representation of sex drive. He is shaped like a cartoon penis, and speaks exclusively in lewd and obscene language.
Mr. Virginity
An anthropomorphized representation of virginity. He has a kind personality, but is somewhat coddling.
Little Miss PMS
An anthropomorphized representation of premenstrual syndrome. Appears in a bonus chapter in the collected edition of the series.
Media
Manga
The series was first published in 2017 as a web comic on the comedy website Omocoro under the title Tsukiichi! Seiri-chan (ツキイチ！生理ちゃん, Monthly Menstruation-chan). Kadokawa collected the series as a tankōbon bound volume in March 2018, and began serializing new chapters of series as Seiri-chan in its manga magazineMonthly Comic Beam in November 2018.[1] That same month, Yen Press announced that it would publish an English-language translation of the series under the title Little Miss P,[2] with the first volume released in June 2019.[3] A Little Miss P stuffed toy was released in April 2019 to commemorate the release of the manga's second volume.[4] The third volume was released on May 11, 2020.
A live-action film adaptation of Little Miss P was announced in the February 2019 issue of Monthly Comic Beam,[1] and was released in Japan on November 8, 2019.[13] Similarly to the episodic structure of the original manga, the film follows three women and their interactions with Little Miss P. The film was directed by Shunsuke Shinada, written by Shin Akamatsu, and stars Fumi Nikaidō, Sairi Ito, and Risaki Matsukaze. Its theme song, "Suru", is performed by The Peggies.[14]
Reception
Manga
Little Miss P has been positively received by critics, with the web comic version of the series having been viewed over 20 million times.[15]Comics Beat commended the series' balancing of serious and comedic elements, stating that Little Miss P "offers a necessarily complex relationship between women, their time of the month, and the world."[16]Anime UK News called the series a "knowledgeable, thoughtful and outright fun read" and "an entertaining read on a usually taboo subject."[17]Anime News Network praised the series' frank portrayal of menstruation, but criticized the quality of its artwork.[18]
In the 2019 edition Takarajimasha's annual Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ranking of the best manga of the year, Little Miss P was selected as one of the top 20 titles for female readers.[19] That same year, Little Miss P won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in the Short Work category.[20]
Film
The Japan Times gave the film adaptation of Little Miss P 3.5 out of 5 stars, stating that despite its simplistic plot, the film is "a whimsically engaging, gently insightful look at a subject usually consigned to the shadows and passed over in silence."[21] The film placed in fifth in mini-theater ticket sales in its opening weekend.[22]
Daimaru Little Miss P badges
In November 2019, the Umeda branch of the Japanese department store Daimaru launched a program wherein menstruating employees could elect to wear a "women's wellbeing" badge that featured the cartoon character Little Miss P.[23] While the company stated that the program was intended to better accommodate menstruating employees, it faced criticism over its potential to subject menstruating employees to workplace harassment.[24] Following a public outcry, Daimaru stated that it was "reconsidering" the program.[25]
^ abRessler, Karen (11 February 2019). "Little Miss P Manga Inspires Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Ressler, Karen (27 November 2018). "Yen Press Licenses 7 New Manga, 6 New Light Novels". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Sherman, Jennifer (19 June 2019). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 16–22". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Loveridge, Lynzee (27 April 2019). "Beat Your Period with Little Miss P Manga Plush". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"生理ちゃん". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"Little Miss P". Yen Press. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"生理ちゃん ２日目". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"Little Miss P: The Second Day". Yen Press. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"生理ちゃん 3日目". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
^"Little Miss P, Vol. 3". Yen Press. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"生理ちゃん 4日目". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"Little Miss P, Vol. 4". Yen Press. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"映画「生理ちゃん」原作". Seri-chan Official Movie (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (31 March 2019). "Live-Action Little Miss P Film Reveals Cast, Staff, Theme Song Artist". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^"Introduction". Seiri-chan Official Movie. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^Okay, Arpad (3 October 2019). "Review: Ken Koyama's Little Miss P is your terrifying new best friend". Comics Beat. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"Little Miss P Review". Anime UK News. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^Silverman, Rebecca (29 June 2019). "Review: Little Miss P". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^Pineda, Rafael Antonio (10 December 2018). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Female Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Loo, Egan (21 March 2019). "Jitterbug The Forties, Golgo 13's Takao Saito Win Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^Schilling, Mark (7 November 2019). "'Little Miss Period': That time of the month, brought to life". The Japan Times. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^Pineda, Rafael Antonio (12 November 2019). "Sumikko Gurashi Film Debuts at #3, Re:Zero at #6". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"Japanese store 'rethinks' badges for staff on periods". BBC. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^"Outcry prompts Osaka store to rethink badges for menstruating staff". The Japan Times. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^Ng, Kate (29 November 2019). "Japanese store 'rethinks' badges that identified staff on periods". The Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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Little Miss P Japanese 生理ちゃん Hepburn Seiri chan lit Menstruation chan is a Japanese manga series by Ken Koyama The series follows the titular character an anthropomorphized period as she visits menstruating women in various scenarios and contexts Launched as a webcomic in 2017 Little Miss P was serialized in the manga magazine Monthly Comic Beam from January 2017 to October 2020 and was adapted into a live action film in 2019 The series has been critically acclaimed and won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2019 Little Miss PCover of first volume of the manga series featuring Little Miss P生理ちゃん Seiri chan GenreComedyCreated byKen Koyama jp MangaWritten byKen KoyamaPublished byOmocoroEnterbrainEnglish publisherNA Yen PressImprintBeam ComicsMagazineMonthly Comic BeamDemographicSeinenOriginal runJanuary 17 2017 2017 01 17 October 12 2020 2020 10 12 Volumes4 List of volumes Live action filmLittle Miss PeriodDirected byShunsuke ShinadaWritten byShin AkamatsuMusic byYui KawachiStudioYoshimoto KogyoFuji TelevisionReleasedNovember 8 2019 2019 11 08 Runtime75 minutes Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Characters 3 Media 3 1 Manga 3 2 Film 4 Reception 4 1 Manga 4 2 Film 5 Daimaru Little Miss P badges 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksSynopsis EditEach chapter in the series follows a particular woman as she is visited by Little Miss P an anthropomorphic representation of her period While the women dread Little Miss P s arrival particularly her Period Punch representing menstrual cramping as an individual she is steadfast and caring and frequently supports the women through a personal problem or emotional turmoil Throughout the series Little Miss P visits women in a wide range of situations and historical contexts one particular chapter follows a woman in the Edo period who is made to live in a menstruation hut while another is a fictionalized biography of Yoshiko Sakai who produced the first commercial sanitary napkins sold in Japan Characters EditLittle Miss P An anthropomorphized representation of menstruation who visits women monthly A practitioner of tough love the fatigue and pain she imposes on the women she visits is belied by her supportive and understanding personality Mr Libido An anthropomorphized representation of sex drive He is shaped like a cartoon penis and speaks exclusively in lewd and obscene language Mr Virginity An anthropomorphized representation of virginity He has a kind personality but is somewhat coddling Little Miss PMS An anthropomorphized representation of premenstrual syndrome Appears in a bonus chapter in the collected edition of the series Media EditManga Edit The series was first published in 2017 as a web comic on the comedy website Omocoro under the title Tsukiichi Seiri chan ツキイチ 生理ちゃん Monthly Menstruation chan Kadokawa collected the series as a tankōbon bound volume in March 2018 and began serializing new chapters of series as Seiri chan in its manga magazine Monthly Comic Beam in November 2018 1 That same month Yen Press announced that it would publish an English language translation of the series under the title Little Miss P 2 with the first volume released in June 2019 3 A Little Miss P stuffed toy was released in April 2019 to commemorate the release of the manga s second volume 4 The third volume was released on May 11 2020 No Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN1June 11 2018 5 978 4 04 735237 7June 26 2019 6 978 1 97 535709 201 Housewife and Little Miss P 主婦と生理ちゃん Shufu to Seiri chan 02 Writer and Little Miss P ライターと生理ちゃん Raita to Seiri chan 03 Convenience Store Clerk and Little Miss P コンビニ店員と生理ちゃん Konbini Tenin to Seiri chan 04 Superheroine and Little Miss P スーパーヒロインと生理ちゃん Supahiroin to Seiri chan 05 Town Girl and Little Miss P 町娘と生理ちゃん Machimusume to Seiri chan 06 High School Girl and Little Miss P 女子高生と生理ちゃん Joshikōsei to Seiri chan 07 A Woman of a Certain Age and Little Miss P 適齢期と生理ちゃん Tekireiki to Seiri chan 08 Cafe Worker and Little Miss P カフェ店員と生理ちゃん Kafe Tenin to Seiri chan 09 Grandma and Little Miss P おばあちゃんと生理ちゃん Obaa chan to Seiri chan 10 Little Miss PMS ＰＭＳちゃん PMS chan 2July 12 2019 7 978 4 04 735697 9June 23 2020 8 978 1 97 531156 811 Little Miss P and the Lovers 生理ちゃんと恋人たち Seiri chan to Koibito tachi 12 The End of the World and Little Miss P 世界の終わりと生理ちゃん Sekai no Owari to Seiri chan 13 Grade School Kids and Little Miss P 小学生と生理ちゃん Shōgakusei to Seiri chan 14 Little Miss P of the Distant Milky Way はるか彼方の銀河系の生理ちゃん Harukakanata no Gingakei no Seiri chan 15 Middle School Kid and Little Miss P 中学生と生理ちゃん Chugakusei to Seiri chan 16 Career Woman and Something That Isn t Little Miss P 働きざかりと生理ちゃんじゃないなにか Hatarakizakari to Seiri chan Janai Nanika 17 Idol Singers and Little Miss P アイドルと生理ちゃん Aidoru to Seiri chan 18 Go For It Mr Virginity がんばれ 童貞くん Ganbare Dōtei kun 3May 11 2020 9 978 4 04 735697 9August 31 2021 10 978 1 97 533521 24November 12 2020 11 978 4 04 736429 5January 18 2022 12 978 1 97 533657 8Film Edit A live action film adaptation of Little Miss P was announced in the February 2019 issue of Monthly Comic Beam 1 and was released in Japan on November 8 2019 13 Similarly to the episodic structure of the original manga the film follows three women and their interactions with Little Miss P The film was directed by Shunsuke Shinada written by Shin Akamatsu and stars Fumi Nikaidō Sairi Ito and Risaki Matsukaze Its theme song Suru is performed by The Peggies 14 Reception EditManga Edit Little Miss P has been positively received by critics with the web comic version of the series having been viewed over 20 million times 15 Comics Beat commended the series balancing of serious and comedic elements stating that Little Miss P offers a necessarily complex relationship between women their time of the month and the world 16 Anime UK News called the series a knowledgeable thoughtful and outright fun read and an entertaining read on a usually taboo subject 17 Anime News Network praised the series frank portrayal of menstruation but criticized the quality of its artwork 18 In the 2019 edition Takarajimasha s annual Kono Manga ga Sugoi ranking of the best manga of the year Little Miss P was selected as one of the top 20 titles for female readers 19 That same year Little Miss P won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in the Short Work category 20 Film Edit The Japan Times gave the film adaptation of Little Miss P 3 5 out of 5 stars stating that despite its simplistic plot the film is a whimsically engaging gently insightful look at a subject usually consigned to the shadows and passed over in silence 21 The film placed in fifth in mini theater ticket sales in its opening weekend 22 Daimaru Little Miss P badges EditIn November 2019 the Umeda branch of the Japanese department store Daimaru launched a program wherein menstruating employees could elect to wear a women s wellbeing badge that featured the cartoon character Little Miss P 23 While the company stated that the program was intended to better accommodate menstruating employees it faced criticism over its potential to subject menstruating employees to workplace harassment 24 Following a public outcry Daimaru stated that it was reconsidering the program 25 See also EditSex Ed 120 a sex education manga which also covers menstruation References Edit a b Ressler Karen 11 February 2019 Little Miss P Manga Inspires Live Action Film Anime News Network Retrieved 29 November 2019 Ressler Karen 27 November 2018 Yen Press Licenses 7 New Manga 6 New Light Novels Anime News Network Retrieved 29 November 2019 Sherman Jennifer 19 June 2019 North American Anime Manga Releases June 16 22 Anime News Network Retrieved 29 November 2019 Loveridge Lynzee 27 April 2019 Beat Your Period with Little Miss P Manga Plush Anime News Network Retrieved 30 November 2019 生理ちゃん Kadokawa in Japanese Retrieved 30 November 2019 Little Miss P Yen Press Retrieved 30 November 2019 生理ちゃん ２日目 Kadokawa in Japanese Retrieved 30 November 2019 Little Miss P The Second Day Yen Press Retrieved 3 August 2021 生理ちゃん 3日目 Kadokawa in Japanese Retrieved 13 June 2020 Little Miss P Vol 3 Yen Press Retrieved 3 August 2021 生理ちゃん 4日目 Kadokawa in Japanese Retrieved 3 August 2021 Little Miss P Vol 4 Yen Press Retrieved 3 August 2021 映画 生理ちゃん 原作 Seri chan Official Movie in Japanese Retrieved 29 November 2019 Hodgkins Crystalyn 31 March 2019 Live Action Little Miss P Film Reveals Cast Staff Theme Song Artist Anime News Network Retrieved 29 November 2019 Introduction Seiri chan Official Movie Retrieved 30 November 2019 Okay Arpad 3 October 2019 Review Ken Koyama s Little Miss P is your terrifying new best friend Comics Beat Retrieved 30 November 2019 Little Miss P Review Anime UK News 2 July 2019 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Silverman Rebecca 29 June 2019 Review Little Miss P Anime News Network Retrieved 30 November 2019 Pineda Rafael Antonio 10 December 2018 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Reveals 2019 s Series Ranking for Female Readers Anime News Network Retrieved 29 November 2019 Loo Egan 21 March 2019 Jitterbug The Forties Golgo 13 s Takao Saito Win Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes Anime News Network Retrieved 29 November 2019 Schilling Mark 7 November 2019 Little Miss Period That time of the month brought to life The Japan Times Retrieved 30 November 2019 Pineda Rafael Antonio 12 November 2019 Sumikko Gurashi Film Debuts at 3 Re Zero at 6 Anime News Network Retrieved 30 November 2019 Japanese store rethinks badges for staff on periods BBC 29 November 2019 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Outcry prompts Osaka store to rethink badges for menstruating staff The Japan Times 28 November 2019 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Ng Kate 29 November 2019 Japanese store rethinks badges that identified staff on periods The Independent Retrieved 30 November 2019 External links EditOfficial film adaptation website in Japanese Little Miss P manga at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Little Miss P amp oldid 1116031881, wikipedia, 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