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. It was published by

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between 1978 and 2000. The magazines was founded in 1978 as a sister magazine to the shōjo magazines ''Margaret'' and ''

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'' by the same publisher. The magazine's readership in 1997 was reflecting that the readership had changed more towards

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: 57.8% of readers then were college students, "office ladies" and housewives; 27.3% were high school students and 12.3% were middle school students. In 1995, the magazine had a circulation of 195.000 copies per issue, in 1996 and 1997 the circulation was 150.000. In 1999, the editors of Bouquet switched to working on the magazine ''Cookie'' instead and in March 2000, the last issue of the magazine was published. Some of the ongoing series of ''Bouquet'' at that time, such as

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or ''Zoccha no Nichijō'', continued their serialization in ''Cookie''.

Serialized manga (selection)

* ''Sora no Iro ni niteiru'' (空の色に似ている) by

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(1980) * ''Kōenji atari'' (高円寺あたり) by

Yoshiko Nishitani is a Japanese manga artist pioneering in ''shōjo'' manga. She released her works in '' Shōjo Club'' and ''Margaret''. According to Rachel Thorn, Nishitani "more or less single-handedly invented the school campus romance that remains the ma ...

(1980–1981) * ''

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'' by Yoshimi Uchida (1982–1983) * ''Junjō Crazy Fruits'' by

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(1982–1988) * ''Nijinskii Gūwa'' (ニジンスキー寓話) by

Kyoko Ariyoshi is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist. She was born in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. She debuted by publishing her work ''Kitty and a Girl (Koneko to Shōjo)'' in ''Shukan Margaret'' in 1971. Ariyoshi is well known for her works of the ...

(1984–1990) * ''Itihāsa'' (イティハーサ) by

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(1988–1997) * ''Eien no Nohara'' (永遠の野原) by

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(1988–1998) * ''Kodomo ha nan demo shitte iru'' (子供はなんでも知っている) by

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(1988–1996) * ''Boku dake ga shitteiru'' (ぼくだけが知っている) by

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(1994–1998) * ''Tengoku no Hana'' (天国の花) by

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(1994–1996) * ''

'' by Toriko Chiya (1997, 1999–2000) * ''Zoccha no Nichijō'' (ゾッチャの日常) by

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(1998–2000) * ''Akane-chan Over Drive'' by

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(1999–2000)

External links

List of all ''Bouquet'' issues

References

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