Not Just a Beautiful Girl

Based on Kallen’s brief appearance in a sexy bunny girl suit many fans misconstrue the type of woman she is. Based on that and the suits and uniforms she wears for the ease of piloting their Knightmare. Most of Kallen’s outfits make her seem a bit promiscuous but when combined with her personality and her shy nature when it comes to her body, it is easy to see that Kallen is more of a girl-next-door type. Kallen is sort of homely she wears things that are comfortable, those things just happen to make her seem a bit naked most of the time.

Kallen can fix things, pilot, and can take care of herself. Aside from the fact that she seems more like a sweaty mechanic, for Kallen’s environment (i.e. the battlefield, camping, and the front lines) she is quite homely. What is homely exactly? Merriam-Webster defines homely as: suggestive or characteristic of a home, unaffectedly natural, and/or not elaborate or complex. Kallen has only a few things, what she needs, she doesn’t try to put on a show or change her look just to please others.

So what makes so many people think of her as a bit of a whore. Could it be her personality? Based on her distress when anyone even tries to see her naked, I would say no. I think that Sunrise and the series itself are more responsible for how Kallen is interpreted. She appears in a bunny costume only once during the entire series, yet so many images of Kallen in that outfit exist. All of her pilot suits and official outfits seem to be a bit lacking but all of them are practical in use. Really it’s solely her appearances that make her seem promiscuous while Kallen herself is not at all.