The film lacks explicit LGBTQ+ characters or narratives. It does not engage with queer identity or offer a critique of heteronormativity through its character arcs.

Marionette-like figures deconstruct biological gender by focusing on the artifice of performance. However, characters lack active agency, functioning more as vessels for movement than gendered individuals.

Rooted in Japanese folklore, the film provides a cultural framework outside the Western canon. The stylized puppets transcend specific ethnic markers but lack specific characters of color.

The narrative disrupts traditional family ideals by centering lovers who defy societal constraints. Its conclusion challenges Western tropes by embracing a more nuanced, potentially fatalistic Japanese perspective.

There are no discernible depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The mechanical nature of the characters is a stylistic choice rather than a representation of disability.