<p>I watched the first three episodes of <em>Hitori no Shita</em>, and can confirm that Baobao speaks plain old standard Japanese (<em>hyoujungo</em>), with not a hint of any regional lect. In episode 2, Chulan indeed only states that the details she's reading out are obvious lies.</p>

<p>(It came as a surprise when I learned that she spoke a non-standard variety in the Chinese audio version. Kinda strange that they wouldn't similarly pick a non-standard variety of Japanese for the Japanese version.)</p>

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2016-09-18T14:21:36.810Z
For what it's worth, I dropped the series after two or three episodes, but my impression was that her pronunciation outside of that specific section was more normal.
Maroon
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2016-09-18T14:24:19.623Z
@Maroon Ah, I see. That makes sense - I'm guessing this is funny in Chinese because you wouldn't expect a person from Taiwan to speak Sichuanese? (But there's no stereotype for what a "Japanese-speaker from Taiwan" sounds like, so the joke wouldn't translate.)
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<p>Near the beginning of the second episode of <em>Hitori no Shita: The Outcast</em>, Baobao reads out details about her new identity as a student supposedly from Taiwan to Zhang Chulan. In the Chinese version of the episode that I saw, Baobao's Mandarin Chinese pronunciation in this specific segment sounds very non-standard. (Elsewhere, her pronunciation sounds normal.) Zhang Chulan in fact remarks that she is speaking 四川话 (i.e. Sichuanese).</p>

<p>Is there any mirroring of this use of a regional language variant in the Japanese dub? If I remember correctly, the subtitles on Crunchyroll, which broadcast the Japanese dub, only have Zhang Chulan indicate that Baobao is lying, but which makes me suspect not. However, as I do not know Japanese, I would like for someone to perhaps confirm this.</p>

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In the Japanese dub, is there any parallel to Baobao's use of Sichuanese?
# In the Japanese dub, is there any parallel to Baobao's use of Sichuanese?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-09-18
Near the beginning of the second episode of *Hitori no Shita: The Outcast*, Baobao reads out details about her new identity as a student supposedly from Taiwan to Zhang Chulan. In the Chinese version of the episode that I saw, Baobao's Mandarin Chinese pronunciation in this specific segment sounds very non-standard. (Elsewhere, her pronunciation sounds normal.) Zhang Chulan in fact remarks that she is speaking 四川话 (i.e. Sichuanese).

Is there any mirroring of this use of a regional language variant in the Japanese dub? If I remember correctly, the subtitles on Crunchyroll, which broadcast the Japanese dub, only have Zhang Chulan indicate that Baobao is lying, but which makes me suspect not. However, as I do not know Japanese, I would like for someone to perhaps confirm this.
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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-09-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
I watched the first three episodes of *Hitori no Shita*, and can confirm that Baobao speaks plain old standard Japanese (*hyoujungo*), with not a hint of any regional lect. In episode 2, Chulan indeed only states that the details she's reading out are obvious lies.

(It came as a surprise when I learned that she spoke a non-standard variety in the Chinese audio version. Kinda strange that they wouldn't similarly pick a non-standard variety of Japanese for the Japanese version.)
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2016-09-18): For what it's worth, I dropped the series after two or three episodes, but my impression was that her pronunciation outside of that specific section was more normal.  
> **username_1** (2016-09-18): @Maroon Ah, I see. That makes sense - I'm guessing this is funny in Chinese because you wouldn't expect a person from Taiwan to speak Sichuanese? (But there's no stereotype for what a "Japanese-speaker from Taiwan" sounds like, so the joke wouldn't translate.)  
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