Kaban
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Kaban (Japanese: かばん Hepburn: Kaban) is the name given to the human Friend who stars as the protagonist of the Kemono Friends 2017 anime. She received her name from her companion and best friend Serval, with whom she spends the duration of her adventure in the anime story, after the bag she was born wearing.
Appearance
Kaban is a girl of short stature. She has black, short messy hair. She also wears a safari hat that is rather battered and has holes in its rim - for most of the series, it has a single green feather. However, in Episode 11, Arai returns a red feather to the hat. The hat once belonged to Mirai. She wears a red shirt with black trims, and a dark gray undershirt below that. She carries around a white backpack, for which she is named for. She has grayish-white pants with red and black trimming, as well as black stockings and gloves. She wears brown boots.
Personality
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Role in the Plot
Backstory
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Kemono Friends (2017 Anime)
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Episode 1
In the first episode, Kaban wanders the savanna area and encounters Serval in a chase game that she calls "hunter and prey." Serval inquires Kaban about her friend type and territory; however, Kaban claims to not know anything but is able to speak and identify her bag. Serval tells that Kaban was possibly born from the sandstar from last night's eruption and suggests going to the library to learn about Kaban's friend type. Serval accompanies Kaban through the savanna area and protects him from a Cerulean. Kaban feels sad about her inadequacy, but Serval reassures Kaban about her potential. After a break and more walking, Serval tells Kaban to climb trees if she needs to run away from a cerulean. She helps Kaban climb a small tree, and they get a view of the area. They continue on to the water pool and encounter the Hippopotamus. Hippopotamus questions Kaban's capabilities, pointing out Kaban's lack of abilities. However, she proves her worth by exercising her intelligence by distracting the Cerulean at the bridge with a paper airplane. Afterwards, Kaban and Serval make paper airplanes together, and Kaban departs for the jungle with Serval. Near the end of the episode, Serval and Kaban encounter a Lucky Beast referred to as "Boss," whom acts as Kaban's guide throughout the show.
Episode 2
In this episode, Kaban encounters many friends in the Jungle area. Boss guides them to a bridge that have been destroyed in attempts to reclaim a Japari Bus. In her dilemma, she gathers the help of Jaguar, the Small-Clawed Otter, and Serval to reconstruct a bridge and the Japari Bus.
Episode 3
After learning that the Japari Bus's battery has run dry, Kaban, Boss, and Serval travel to the mountains in search of a cafe to recharge the battery. At the base of the mountain, they find a tram station with no vehicles to ride and encounter the Japanese Crested Ibis. The Japanese Crested Ibis flies Kaban to the top of the mountain to the cafe. Kaban encounters Suri Alpaca and is able to recharge the battery. Suri Alpaca complains about the lack of visitors, and Kaban helps to make the cafe more visible by weeding the grass to create a mug impression on the grass.
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After getting the Japari Bus operational, Serval, Kaban, and Boss travel to the desert area and encounter a sandstorm. They encounter the Sand Cat who falls from the sky while trying to get the bus unstuck from the sand. They have small chatter and visit Sand Cat's home. At her home, they find an underground passage to the labyrinths. Kaban and Serval enter the labyrinths and encounter the Tsuchinoko, who guides Kaban and Serval through the Labyrinth. They stumble upon an exit closed by rubble, but Kaban helps find a secret exit behind the wooden panels and discovers another part of the labyrinth. They return to the Japari Bus and travel to the next area.
Episode 5
In this episode, Kaban encounters the American Beaver in a dilemma.
Current Whereabouts
Kaban, along with Serval and other Friends (who are implied to be Common Raccoon and Fennec Fox), was last seen riding the Japari Bus, which has been repurposed as a boat, from the Kyōshū Region to the Gokoku Region. The group hopes to learn the fate of humanity by continuing their adventure elsewhere.
Relationships
Serval
Serval is Kaban's endearing companion throughout the twelve episodes in the show. They both care for each other greatly and seem to admire and compliment each other's talents. Serval can perform exceptional physical tasks while Kaban utilizes problem solving and critical thinking skills. Throughout the anime, Serval is constantly fascinated by Kaban's ingenuity e.g. Kaban's paper airplane from Ep. 1, bridge from Ep. 2, ability to read in Ep. 7.
Lucky
Lucky acts as Kaban's guide throughout the anime. Lucky informs Kaban about the various friends and areas and views Kaban similarly to Mirai due to Kaban's hat. Through Mirai's recorded logs, Kaban gains hints about the humans' disappearance from the island.
Common Raccoon
Throughout most of the anime, the Common Raccoon does not meet Kaban till near the end of anime. She pursues Kaban in hopes to reclaim the hat she found in the savanna and accuses Kaban as a thief despite never having interacted with Kaban. The Common Raccoon goes throughout Japari Park and becomes fascinated with Kaban's feats that are told by other friends. Near the end when the Common Raccon finally meets Kaban, she realizes that Kaban is not the thief that she accuses her to be and comes to really admire Kaban.