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* '''Justified''': [[TruthInTelevision Not everyone just marries and has kids with other people of the same ethnicity or nationality]].

* '''Subverted''': At first it seems like Alice is an example of this, but she just [[DyeHard happens to have blonde hair]] and uses the name "Alice" [[ForeignCultureFetish because she thinks foreign culture is cool]].
** Alice has a Japanese father and an English mother but her father is adoptive, and her genetic father died before she was born. It does explain the lack of resemblance without [[ChocolateBaby any infidelity being involved.]]

* '''Parodied''': She's half Japanese and half whatever ethnicity is relevant to the episodes plot.
** The anime showcases a disclaimer claiming that Alice is still very much Japanese but is given a foreign name & appearance just so hopefully this franchise can sell outside of Japan.
** Alice claims to be Half-Japanese but this was revealed to be a lie but she explains that it was the only way that the [[ExecutiveMeddling Studio Execs]] would allow a foreigner in the show.

** Alice is 100% Foreign.

** The casting was done with AbilityOverAppearance - Alice's actress was a perfect for the role and her being of mixed heritage added interesting dimensions to her character.
** "Hey I have an idea of adding in a foreign character or few. What? No! That could drive our domestic audience away by alienating them! But wouldn't this help sell the franchise in Foreign Markets since we would need the profit from them? Hmmm... okay fine but make them only partially foreign as to not offend our target audience since they come first!"

* '''Exploited''': She pretends to not speak Japanese to a group of foreigners, and [[BilingualBackfire embarrasses them when they insult her not expecting her to understand]].

* '''Exploited''': She pretends to not speak English to a group of foreigners, and [[BilingualBackfire embarrasses them when they insult her not expecting her to understand]].

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** Nearly the entire population of the United Kingdom is half-Japanese and half-certain British ethnicity (English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, etc.) and the Britsh culture even has a noticable Japanese culture influence (for example: Creator/TheBBC is in both English and Japanese, or London is depicted with Japanese architecture and has buildings usually seen in Tokyo (ex. London has Akihabara replacing Piccadilly Circus)).

** [[MultiEthnicName Alice Hirokawa]] is half-English and half-Japanese, respectively through her mother and father.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice learns not to care what others think, and embraces her mixed-blood background as part of what makes her unique.

** Nearly the entire population of the United Kingdom is half-Japanese and half-certain British ethnicity (English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, etc.) and the Britsh culture even has a noticable Japanese culture influence (for example: Creator/TheBBC is in both English and Japanese, or London is depicted with several Japanese architecture and landmarks).

** Nearly the entire population of United Kingdom is half-Japanese and the Britsh culture even has a noticable Japanese culture influence (for example: Creator/TheBBC is in both English and Japanese, or ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' has a manga and anime adaptations).

** Nesrly the entire population of United Kingdom is half-Japanese and the Britsh culture even have a noticable Japanese culture influence (for example: Creator/TheBBC is in both English and Japanese, or ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' has a manga and anime adaptations).