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Foreign characters may pop up in fiction, but often regular characters who are not native (to the country the work is set in) tend to have native ethnicity somewhere in their family. Or possibly were born in the native country, but raised in another country, and have recently come back. This trope, while featured in media across the world, is particularly prominent in Anime and Manga in Japan. Examples of But Not Too Foreign include:

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  • Foreign characters may pop up in fiction, but often regular characters who are not native (to the country the work is set in) tend to have native ethnicity somewhere in their family. Or possibly were born in the native country, but raised in another country, and have recently come back. This trope, while featured in media across the world, is particularly prominent in Anime and Manga in Japan. Examples of But Not Too Foreign include:
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  • Foreign characters may pop up in fiction, but often regular characters who are not native (to the country the work is set in) tend to have native ethnicity somewhere in their family. Or possibly were born in the native country, but raised in another country, and have recently come back. This trope, while featured in media across the world, is particularly prominent in Anime and Manga in Japan. Part of this probably stems from the actual ethnic homogeneity of a country, especially in Japan where foreigners really do make up only about 1 percent of the country. Their name will also have an obvious foreign sound to it even if it doesn't sound real. Assuming this character was raised overseas, it's notable the character who is Not Too Foreign will rarely speak another language on-screen even if they are supposed to be fluent. This is often an artifact of a manga-to-anime transition: a text translation can be passable, while voice actors end up totally mangling it. How much an actor is allowed to speak tends to reflect more on their personal fluency. In anime/manga, the non-Japanese ethnicity is usually German. "American" as an ethnicity is also popular, though the actual ethnicity of the American is usually caucasian. If, and that's a very rare if, they're black, they will probably come from America. British and French are also popular too, relying on people to think "He's British? Must be sophisticated and smart." or "He's French? How romantic!" The occasional Russian, either ex-military, mafia, or often both, will also pop up. But Not Too Foreign often pops up as the result of creative types trying to appeal to the people of their homeland with the sense that he or she possesses a connection to their culture despite being partly foreign, and thus perfectly okay to empathize with. See also Non-Specifically Foreign. Some examples can be non-native, due to the thousands of races in the world, and we don't just marry people of the same race anymore. Compare But Not Too Black and Halfbreed. May also overlap into Twofer Token Minority. Overlaps with Plays Great Ethnics in Real Life. Examples of But Not Too Foreign include:
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