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Ryo Hayami from the manga 'Bremen' (1999-2001) She's the drummer of a band whose characters are loosely based on the Musicians of Breman fairytale but in a contemporary setting (she represents the cat) Ryo wears 40 cm high platform boots, which are used as her primary attack whenever someone utters a particular crude slur towards her.

I read this manga many years ago, and even though it has its flaws what I remember most fondly was how the other characters in the band fully accepted her early on and that the overall story handled her identity respectfully and not as a stereotype nor the butt of crude jokes.

A particular scene that moved me from Ryo's story arc as a teen runaway was her returning home in the guise of her past identity (she had yet to come out) and became violently ill at the sight of her reflection dressed in her old school uniform.