Maria Naganawa's Birthday Special Features a Challenge for Top-Grade Meat! Yu Serizawa Makes a Funny Face After Repeated Failures!?

■ A Challenge for Top-Grade Meat!

Based on Naganawa's request to "eat as much meat as possible for my birthday," the "Celebrate Maria's Birthday! Meat Festival" segment was held, where the two worked together to win high-grade meat by completing various challenges. The first was a darts game where the target was divided into different cuts of meat. They each had three throws, and if their combined score reached 100 points, they would win top-grade loin. Serizawa went first but missed every shot, making a funny face in frustration. Naganawa teased her, "Was your mouth always that small? (lol)," to which Serizawa replied, "I have no choice but to make a weird face!" sparking laughter in the studio. After the rules were changed to "just hit the board anywhere," they successfully hit the target and won the top-grade loin.

Next, they attempted the "Vibrating Beef Fat Block-Stacking Game!" The challenge was to stack five cubes of beef fat while sitting on a vibrating machine to win top-grade beef tongue. As they sat crammed together on the machine, Naganawa created a lighthearted mood with a pun, saying, "It's a tight squeeze (gyūgyū), fitting for a game with beef (gyū)." Once the machine started, they were both shocked by the intense vibrations, bursting into laughter and exclaiming, "This is impossible!" Serizawa added to the fun, teasing, "Maria, you're so cute (lol)." Midway through, a relief measure was introduced: "stack six cubes without the machine to clear," but their tower collapsed at the last moment, and they failed to win the beef tongue.

Finally, they tackled a reaction game where they had to say designated words like "Moo~" or "Gyu~" while making the opposite pose. After Serizawa made a mistake on the first turn, they reset and tried again, succeeding brilliantly and winning a top-grade ribeye steak. "This meat is delicious~" Naganawa commented, looking back on the day, "We really worked hard today." Serizawa noted a new side of her co-host, saying, "I was impressed to discover Maria's unexpected talent for physical comedy." Feeling down about her own numerous failures, she said, "I'm so sorry I couldn't do anything for your birthday, Maria! We still have meat left over!" In response, the staff offered them more, saying, "You were both so cute, we'll give you the other cuts too," much to their delight.

At the end of the show, Serizawa gave Naganawa pajamas and a letter as a present, leaving Naganawa visibly moved. She closed out the "Maria Naganawa Birthday Special" with a final message to the viewers: "My MCing is still clumsy, but now that I've received this letter from Yu-chan, I will be more confident and work even harder from now on!"

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