When she was first introduced she's armored enough that the protagonist Guts thought he was fighting a man, until he knocked her helmet off. Casca from Berserk is an interesting example as she both archives this trope and subverts it at the same time.When Tatara is killed, Sarasa pretends to be him in order to keep the downtrodden from losing hope. The main character is Sarasa, a girl whose twin brother, Tatara, is prophesied to be the 'child of destiny' who will bring back the country's independence and stop the tyrannical rule of the Empire, namely the Red King. Basara: The story takes place in a future Japan, reduced to a barren desert by a catastrophe at the end of the 21st century.Pieck was in charge of overseeing the ship Yelena was on before it left for Paradis.

Her disguise is recognised by Pieck, the Cart Titan, but Pieck doesn't initially remember who she is, just that she'd seen Yelena somewhere before. This is because Yelena's been assumed dead by said military and was a soldier who was on a ship that got sent to Paradis Island and never returned.

Done by Yelena, one of the anti-Marleyan volunteers in Attack on Titan, who dons a male Marleyan military uniform and fake beard as a disguise.She's eventually forced to reveal to Hinohara that it is because she's not even truly of the Himezoku. Mikusa from Arata: The Legend must disguise herself as a male of the Himezoku for reasons she does not disclose to Kotoha.Neither of them knew this when the (political) marriage was arranged. Despite female samurai and daimyo being not just allowed but commonplace in The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, Asai Nagamasa pretends to be a man for unclear reasons.'Pierre', actually Valerie, is a villainous version on Agent Aika, whom the titular character falls for.

Too sweet to pass up empire of sin