>>1880859It was at first stated she was 14 but then the people at Gainax realized how messed up that is and made her 16/17. They even provided an explanation.
She lived underground for most of her life. How the hell do they know what a year is or how to actually measure their ages?
Thats not it verbatim but it went something like that. I also think that in the manga she was always older than 14 but I could be wrong.
