Simple drawing, simple storytelling - in the same vein as the Beach Boys made their songs sound simple but were really complex and hard once you started analysing them.

This is a layered, quite non-preachy story about choices in life and a view of the Boxers rebellion in the late 1800s, where religions clashed, and former friends could make for enemies.

A boy turns older and fights, while in the process discovering himself and the world around him. Duty vs personal responsibility clashes.

Highly recommendable.