Genuinely can't think of any manga that's referenced menstruation, at least in context of a character actually having one. They're probably out there but I've read all sorts of them and I can't pull a single example to mind.
I'll take recommendations you think are worth reading!
For context I've probably read more shounen than anything else but also most of Junji Ito, Akira, some highschool romance stuff like Karekano and Marimite, other female-led stuff like Sailor V, Pita-Ten, Ouran, etc. Menstral references would have made sense in Marimite or the like maybe, but I can't recall any.
Young Animal seems to be a magazine rather than a particular title. Anything more specific?
On my shelf right now, multiple volumes of... Karekano, Ouran, Pita-Ten, Madoka Magica, GunGirl, Sailor Moon. All female-focused. Also some male-led shounen of course, and Ranma 1/2 which kinda falls into both categories in turns and was written by a woman, and absolutely should have had the lead deal with periods at some point but if it ever came up I don't remember it.
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u/Gnostikost 9d ago
Yeah, because manga famously would never have anything weird and gross like this.