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(She may not be the Saya you're speaking of but not that far : https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a25oD2D_700b.jpg, 12 year-old Momona).
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I'm not sure what happened between those two pictures, but one of them has to be an optical illusion and I'm placing my bet on the top one.
The Saya I meant was actually Saaya Irie, it was 12 years ago and she was 11 years old. Here's a short article in English with pictures that will give you an idea (NSFW, unless U-15 gravure is safe at your work
). Pretty sure we had a thread about that on the BBS, but that would have been on the old one. Curiously, she's still active as an actress and model, and her (safe-for-work) Wikipedia page conveniently omits the details on what launched her career.Enough derailing the thread though.
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I remember this and I also remember feeling so, so bad for her. The exploitation of children is real. No matter how 'mature' someone may look she was still a kid. Ah man. I imagine myself at the same age I knew n o t h i n g.
Quote from the article - it’s fairly amazing what lengths even young girls will go to to “launch” a “career” even before they finish growing up
Ah yes because I'm sure she made all her own decisions at that age. Poor thing. She's probably seen it all by now. :/
By the way, on topic for this thread, have photobooks declined in popularity by a lot since lets say, 10 years ago? I see Mizuki came in the top 10 with only 900 sold? Is that nationwide?
