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No, i should put it another way. The concept of self, agency and autonomy has pretty much been a running theme for vnc. Notably, the main 4 (i'd like to call them the main 4) all struggle with asserting themselves and their identity, as well as taking control over their life and death in one way or another.

In Jeanne's case specifically, she is constantly established as a tool, a weapon for execution, and get deprived of choice in the process. She either falls victim to manipulation or the whirlwind of her own trauma. So far her arc has technically centered around allowing herself happiness, breaking from the weight of the executions she had conducted against her will, nurturing her inner child even.

But i think she has also accepted that ultimately she is never free from being a killing machine, and gaining complete freedom is impossible. There are similarities in the way that Jeanne and Vanitas asking their loved ones (not so sneakily inserting my poly agenda here) to end their lives, but there are also differences. For Vanitas it is expressing vulnerability, learning to rely on others (specifically Noé) instead of trying to handle everything himself, a bit of "I've always wanted to die, but from now on I'm giving my life to you". For Jeanne it is becoming at peace with her own doom, entrusting him to set her free from her misery, "I know I will definitely die, and when that moment comes I want you to be the one to do it".

Meryl and Wolfwood and their very different upbringings and demonstration of humanity? Checked also i love tristamp stryfewood

Wolfwood and Legato and their approach to "faith"? Checked

Meryl meeting Zazie early and learn about the dynamic between humans as the settler colony and worms as the planet itself? Checked

Vash's companions learning more about him as well as another part of humanity and their attempt to live more harmoniously with its environment (with different levels of hopefulness and cynicism) on Ship 5? Checked

Meryl learning about the extent that people could go and facing several ethics questions when interacting with Conrad? Checked

Everything going on with Knives tbh

Several other examples i cannot think of just yet

While i personally find the pacing of tristamp to be pretty heavy-handed, i suspect the reasoning behind it was to build up as much anticipation as possible to get the series green-lit for more (which it did, hooray). There are reasonable criticism towards how they handle some characters that may water down what Nightow established for them in trimax (notably how they handled Elendira, Vash and his relationship with July, how the twins were represented in their youth), i'd still argue that the network of relationships feels denser in tristamp, thus has the prospect to explore them with diffent dimensions.

Nightow's Wolfwood art redraw... you know the one