A year before the story began , Clarissa 's grandmother on her mother 's side was sick and Clarissa and her family moved back to Japan from Italy .
Her father is Italian and her mother is Japanese , making her half Italian , and half Japanese .
A year before the story began , Clarissa 's grandmother on her mother 's side was sick and Clarissa and her family moved back to Japanese from Italy .
Her father is Italian and her mother is Japanese , making her half Italian , and half Japanese .