Does Mei get her period in Turning Red?
Sarah Duran
Updated on March 16, 2026
Having spiraled from a particularly embarrassing encounter the night before, she's woken up to find that she's turned into a giant red panda. Mei's mother Ming assumes this reluctance to leave the bathroom means her 13-year-old daughter has just gotten her first period.
Did the girl in Turning Red get her period?
Talk about bodies, periods and pubertyWhen Mei first turns into a red panda, she hides in the bathroom, and her mother brings in boxes of menstrual pads, assuming she had gotten her first period.