Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II sticks closely to its gritty manga source material, emphasizing character depth, brutal realism, and harsh choices without shoehorning in modern identity politics. Characters earn their arcs and status through authenticity, skill, and narrative weight. Forced representation is a non-issue; characters reflect the story's brutal medieval world.

The film deals honestly with themes of masculinity, ambition, religion, and violence as they relate to the period. While Christianity is depicted with justified cynicism given the dark fantasy setting, it never feels like a sermon against traditional values. Masculinitiy and hierarchy are front and center, not undermined or mocked.

Alternative viewpoints, ambition, loyalty, betrayal, faith, are explored through believable character conflict. There's no modern ideological monoculture present; the world reflects the savage diversity of human motivations and moral ambiguity without heavy-handed contemporary messaging.