Pre-World War 2 events in Japan as Jiro is a plane designer for the japans. Jiro first wanted to be pilot but he is near-sighted and can't fly planes because of the vision is bad. Jiro becomes a plane designer as then he can still be with planes. He is a kind and hard-working man who enjoys making planes like his idol Giovanni who is an Italian aircraft designer. We go through Jiro's difficult life as he will eventually get a plane to fly and become the Japanese best aircraft designer. Jiro never wanted to make planes to used for War he just wanted to make things beautiful.