Yeah, I thought it would be interesting myself. :) Especially since right now in the US, there's a bit of tension (often almost unspoken) between Hispanic immigrants (especially from Mexico) and, well, people who didn't have to immigrate. I've heard it's even more uncomfortable at times in Cali, because they're much closer to Mexico to the point where they had to have Spanish-speaking schools in some areas... but that's just what I've "heard", which is why I'm doing a little research before I write her. ;) But yeah, my vision of her parents right now is that her mom was drawn to her dad partly because of the contrast between their cultures intrigued her a little.

"I think my brother also said that older Japanese people tend to be a little more intolerant, but that could be said of a lot of countries."

I've heard that as well; my Japanese teacher even mentioned that she knew a girl in one of the villages where she used to teach that was born with naturally reddish hair (weird but not impossible in the Japanese population), but when she got married, she was forced to dye it jet-black to please her mother-in-law who didn't want her looking like a "big city hussy"! I've heard it so much in fact, that it's to the point where I'm tempted to make the maternal grandparents really fussy and really not fond of their son in law (and hence constantly, coldly, ridiculously polite), but constantly showering the (reluctant) granddaughter with gifts and stuff just to get on her father's nerves, much to her and her mother's frustration.

"Anyway, the story sounds interesting, I hope to read it soon."

Aaah, thank you *^_^*