Boat Story keeps its plot grounded in the desperate circumstances of ordinary people stumbling into crime. While it features some diverse casting, the story's tension and character growth feel organic, not forced by ideological box-ticking. The show avoids making character identity the centerpiece over personality or realism, maintaining narrative focus.

Traditional values like trust, marriage, and morality are present as struggling but relatable human challenges. There’s little in the way of overt lecturing about gender, religion, or family. Masculinity and femininity are portrayed as messy but believable, not subverted for points or laughs.

The series features a range of perspectives and doesn't flatten traditional roles into cartoonish villains. It's not a parade for old-school norms either, but there's a genuine mix of flawed, sincere people from various walks of life, allowing for ambiguity and debate.