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A little bit from the long interview with Sara and Mirena near the back of the book.

>Do you remember your first encounter?

>Kurashima: I remem....ber... Perhaps it was a Ciao CM shoot or audition. Our first job together was a commercial shoot for sure.

>Kurosawa: Is that so!? That must have been about when I was in sixth grade then.

>Please give us an episode from those days.

>Kurosawa: During a Ciao commercial shoot, there was strawberry daifuku provided by the catering, and I remember the two of us got excited about that.

>Kurashima: Uwaaa! How nostalgic! (lol) I remember everyone gathered at the nearby station to head to the studio together, but at the time, I couldn't help but be overly nervous, and so Mirena, who saw me like that, came to my aid with a "Are you alright?" or something like that.

>Kurosawa: That was the spark that, from the middle of shooting, got us started chattering away about this and that.

>What were your impressions of each other when you first met?

>Kurashima: Right at the moment I met her, I was like "It's the girl from 天テレ, ahhhhh!" (lol) In all honesty, I thought, woow, the real deal is way tinier than how she looks on TV. Hm... Though you might say even now her tiny appearance hasn't changed.

>Kurosawa: Shut up! In those days, Ciao Girl didn't have boyish types, so I was like "Has Ciao Girl come this way too!?" (lol)

>Kurashima: Umm... I don't quite get your meaning. (forced laugh)