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Well, the show takes place on Fedal Japan Era, so that interpretation is actually really valid anyway (cuz it’s based in actual historic facts)………..

That is just a logical fallacy. The conclusion does not follow the premise. 

Did women dress up as men for protection or other reasons across history - yes

But the fact that some women did it does not entail, that Dororo, who himself identifies boy, is a girl. The existence of historical cis women and girls who pretended to be male in no way entails a particular fictional character, who functions in a historical setting is a cis girl. 

Like, yeah, even if the initial reason for rising Dororo as a boy (which has never been stated directly in the manga) was safety, that still does negate the fact Dororo explicitly identifies as a male. Real people arrive at the understanding of their gender for all sort of different circumstances. 

So the interpretation of Dororo as a female is 1) not logically valid, 2) incorrect as it directly contradicts the fact that Dororo identifies as a boy.

There is also the issue of the interpretation of historical sources - many individuals, who in the past tried to pass as men, were most likely what we call today trans men (or other genders). It’s just the trans-inclusive vocabulary wasn’t invented yet, so they are described as women pretending to be men.