Actually that's the point of the coat! And the embroidery on the back! To show people "I'm a Yanki/Yankee so don't fuck with me" type of thing ~.~ They are very flamboyant and brash (thus why Kari acted as she did) and often talk like boys. So yeah. . . She'll be all over the place later on in the story when everyone's living together tee hee.