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Originally Posted by Vexx
Its not really a matter of "accepting foreigners" its more a matter of they get nervous around foreigners... they *know* how their own social network responds and foreigners are less predictable or, worse, don't know the etiquette. They're also often terrified of having to use their English if the foreigner doesn't speak any Japanese. Someone who has spent time outside of "the Body" is going to behave and act "like a round peg fitting into a square hole", sometimes they can put the mask back on, sometimes not.
And yeah... maybe 1% of Japan is "Christian" and even then that's somewhat wishful thinking on the part of outside Christians since many take a Shinto view and just absorb in with their Shinto and Buddhist practices.
I'll have to go back and take a closer look at the novels in original Japanese after this is over and see if I can pick up references to Taiga that imply her background.
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There's no mention of the mother's nationality or even her name in volume 10 by the way.
However, according to the author, the original plan since Toradora became a series was to have Taiga return to the US with her mother (then come back). So, perhaps?