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|title = ''Bessatsu Margaret''

|altname = ''Betsuma''

{{Nihongo|'''''Bessatsu Margaret'''''|別冊マーガレット|Bessatsu Māgaretto|lit. Margaret: Additional Volume}}, known as {{Nihongo|'''''Betsuma'''''|別マ}} for short, is a monthly {{W|Shōjo manga|Shōjoshōjo}} magazine published in Japan by [[Shueisha]]. Issues typically release around the 13th of each month.

First published in 1963, the magazine targets primarily adolescent and young adult women. It is known for housing some of the more well-known {{W|Shōjo manga|Shōjoshōjo}} manga serializations, including ''{{W|Ao Haru Ride}}'', ''{{W|Kimi ni Todoke}}'', ''{{W|High School Debut}}'' and ''{{W|OreMy MonogatariLove Story!!}}''.

{{Quote|When I was a kid, I used to read ''Bessatsu Margaret'' as early as ''Shonen Jump'', or even earlier! When I went to visit my relative's sister, I would find an issue of it in the bathroom and read it.|[[Hirohiko Araki]], September[[TSKR Volume 2]] commentary of {{Ch2|TSKR Episode 20178}} Issue}}

{{Nihongo|''Bessatsu Margaret|別冊マーガレッ|lit. ''Margaret: Additional Volume''}}, first launched in 1963 as a New Year's special edition of [[Shueisha]]'s Japanese bi-weekly publication, ''{{W|Margaret (magazine)|Margaret}}''. In 1965, it would gain independence as a separate monthly magazine with little relation to the original. It has since then published numerous {{W|Shōjoshōjo manga}} series with more than half of its readers being over twenty-four as of 2020.<ref>[https://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mediaguide2020_PDF.pdf Shueisha MEDIA GUIDE 2020 - “広告媒体資料” (PDF)] - P29.</ref>

===''My Love Story!!'' x× ''JoJolion''===

In December 2013, a special tribute booklet was published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bessatsu Margaret. It featured illustrations and comments from ''shonen'' manga artists, including {{W|Eiichiro Oda}} (''One Piece''), {{W|Masashi Kishimoto}} (''Naruto''), {{W|Yusei Matsui}} (''Assassination Classroom''), {{W|Tadatoshi Fujimaki}} (Kuroko’s''Kuroko's Basketball''), {{W|Hideaki Sorachi}} (''Gintama''), [https://myanimelist.net/people/16471/Kenichi_Tachibana Kenichi Tachibana] (''Terra Formars''), {{W|Hiroya Oku}} (''Gantz''), and [[Hirohiko Araki]].<ref>[https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1312/11/news121.html 別冊マーガレット1月号の付録が豪華すぎる　ジャンプ作家陣の漫画を掲載]</ref> For Araki's tribute illustration, he drew Takeo Goda, the protagonist of the popular romantic comedy manga ''{{W|My Love Story!!}}''.<ref>[http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/2893.html 荒木先生が『俺物語!!』の猛男を描く！？　『別冊マーガレット』50周年記念小冊子に、荒木先生がトリビュートイラストを寄稿！]</ref>

===''Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan''===

On August 12, 2017, an entry of the ''[[Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan]]'' series titled "''{{NihongoCh2|TSKR Episode 9: Deoxyribonucleic Acid|episodeエピソード #09 Dディー・Nエヌ・Aエー8}}'' was published in Bessatsu Margaret's September 2017 issue.<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200517161922/https://margaretbookstore.com/item/SHSA_MG01M08349BM1708_57.html Bessatsu Margaret Store]</ref> The back cover of the issue featured an original drawing of [[Rohan Kishibe]] by Araki and includes stickers related to the one-shot. This entry in the series would later be renamed in [[TSKR Volume 2]] as "Episode 8".

===Kimi''JoJo's niBizarre TodokeMovie FinaleReport''===

|''[[{{MagCh|TSKR Episode_8|Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: Deoxyribonucleic Acid]]''8}}{{Ref-Note|LaterInitially re-titled to "Episode 87: Deoxyribonucleic Acid"}}

File:Kazune JoJolion 1.png|Takeo Goda (''My Love Story!!'')

File:Kazune JoJolion 2.png|Rinko Yamato (''My Love Story!!'')

Ore_monogatari.jpg|"''My Love Story!!"'' tribute art by [[Hirohiko Araki]]