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(Like this: [Questions about nationalities and languages in Death
Note](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/26614/questions-about-
nationalities-and-languages-in-death-note))

Haven't watched Boarding School Juliet. I just saw a recap ([Leaders Of Rival
Dorms Are In A Forbidden
Relationship](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AsuBSnh2iA)) of it. Apparently
Juliet Persia 'is the only daughter of the Persia household, a high ranking
noble family from the West'. So I guess Juliet isn't Japanese? Or what?

But Juliet actually is speaking Japanese? Or what? (Like this: [Why doesn't
Kallen or Suzaku recognise Lelouch's voice when Lelouch speaks as Zero? Is
Lelouch's Japanese perhaps that
good?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66746/why-doesnt-kallen-or-
suzaku-recognise-lelouchs-voice-when-lelouch-speaks-as-ze))


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Is Juliet Persia Japanese? Or at least Japanese speaking?


The two main countries in play in the series are the West Duchy which
resembles Europe, with a Monarchy and Aristocracy, and Touwa which resembles
older Japanese society. While they resemble contemporary countries, they are
not set within current world boundaries and should not be compared as such, so
the Death Note comparison is moot. While the language they speak in the show
is Japanese, it is not actually Japanese they are speaking.

For narrative purposes the dialogue is conveyed in Japanese, but the
characters aren't actually speaking Japanese but some other common language.
This is a [common
trope](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TranslationConvention),
much like how in dubbed anime the characters may be speaking the dubbed
language but they maybe speaking a passage from a Japanese book. Or a
particular character having difficulty with English despite the dubbed
dialogue bring in English.


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[frdsTM](https://www.reddit.com/user/frdsTM/) from reddit says
[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardingSchool_Juliet/comments/uyy4pp/is_juliet_persia_japanese_or_at_least_japanese/):

> It's pretty safe to assume that, at least Persia and Inuzuka are bilingual.
>
> I forgot which manga chapter but Persia does indeed can read the in-universe
> "Japanese" language. Inuzuka can also read "English".
>
> Also IIRC, in the school there is also no one in both houses who can't speak
> to each other. So it's kinda safe to assume everyone is also bilingual. Or
> maybe at least have a universal language they use in the school (but this is
> never acknowledged).

and

> Another thing to note is that in the example I given (Chapter 20 page 17),
> in context was them giving somewhat secret messages. You might even imply
> there is a third language they used in school, but in secret they speak in-
> universe "English"/"Japanese". But I think that's reaching and more likely
> they just chose one of the two language as the universal language.


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