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I was curious as to why the animators would use a language other than Japanese
and English, given the fact that no one in Japan understands Nepali. This is
from season 2 episode 15. The Nepali in the poster means "cat". Does anyone
have any idea why is it here?

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mDjVX.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mDjVX.jpg)


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Why is there a Nepali poster in Boku no Hero Academia?


I would dispute your claim that:

> ... no one in Japan understands Hindi

According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_Japan), the
population of Indians living in Japan as of 2017 is **30,048**. Given that
Hindi is one of the official languages of India, I would imagine that a good
portion of them speak it.

This is quite a small chunk of the population (the population of Japan is
127,084,082 [as of 2018](http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/japan-
population/), making 0.024% of the Japanese population Indian migrants), but
it is still not an insignificant amount.

I'm from Canada, and I see signs in other languages all the time around my
city. There are often small pockets of people from other countries living in
communities, and as a result, there is bound to be some signage catered to
them.

The animators may have added this for any number of reasons - perhaps as a nod
to Indian fans watching the show, or simply for some interesting background
imagery.


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