chitose (kantai collection)
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Chitose is the namesake ship of the Chitose-class seaplane tenders/light aircraft carriers in Kantai Collection.
The Chitose-class ships are unique as they can remodel five times and have a total of five unique forms.
Original form: Chitose wears a white blouse, red hakama and blue jacket with a gold phoenix pattern. She also wears black pantyhose, a headband and dual wields plane launchers.
2nd form (Kai): She now has a second pair of plane launchers.
3rd form (A): Sea now has a pair of launchers for Type A Kou-hyouteki midget submarines attached to her legs.
4th form (Carrier, C-Kai): She replaces her plane launchers with a flight deck theater. On the deck is the first two kana of her name (ちと). She controls her planes with two marionette control bars.
Final form (Kai2): Chitose's hakama and jacket now features green and black camouflage splotches. Her flight deck theater becomes more sophisticated, it turns into the ship's actual shape and features a camouflage paint job and a lantern on the top. She now smiles.
Chitose has long grey hair in a barely visible ponytail. She is known to be fond of alcohol.
She, along with Chiyoda, has had several seasonal CGs. In Autumn 2015 she wears a blue yukata with a floral pattern over her normal clothes, white tabi and sandals. She also holds a broom and is burning a pile of leaves. During Rainy Season 2016 she wears a particular kind of dark coat, holds a red oriental umbrella and carries a tray of sake with her.