On their way, the brothers encounter a samurai who is holding a member of the machine people prisoner. He with hatred claims clockwork dolls are for war.
Following the attempted kidnapping of Hiwou's sister by the Machine Men, the fight between their giant Clockwork Dolls is inevitable. They also meet a member of the Wind Gang who opposes the opening of Japan.
On their way to Takayama, the brothers are accommodated in the forest house of a kind lady who lost two children and offers to stay with the two younger brothers.
The brothers have an accident with their vessel Clockwork Doll and need to fix it. A merchant leads them to a blacksmith who is a despotic and unfriendly man.
Hiwou and his brothers arrive in a town and at the inn they find two girls who are looking for their grandfather because their mother has been killed by some mysterious Clockwork Dolls.
Winter is coming on the journey of Hiwou and his brothers, now accompanied by the two princesses. But the Wind Gang with their Clockwork Dolls chase them attacking.
They finally arrive in Takayama, the city famous for its Clockwork puppet artisans. But there is not his father who apparently has fled to make Clockwork Dolls of steam.
The brothers are joined by a group of samurai who are chased by the Wind Gang. They take refuge in a temple where a priest lives who is afraid of clockwork dolls. But in the fight that comes he has to overcome those fears.
Hiwou and his brothers arrive in Kyoto in search of their father, but they cannot find him. There they discover an intrigue about the lord of the place and that the two princesses are one - and a prince.
The New Years festival requires performances by Clockwork Dolls. The struggle of the shogunate and the emperor for the opening of the country continues.
After a shipwreck, Hiwou and his brothers catch a large fish that turns out to be an elephant, an unknown animal in Japan. But its owner also reaches the coast.
The path becomes dangerous when it reaches rough waters, which the machine people and the Wind Gang take advantage of to unite against Hiwou and his brothers.
When close to finding his father, the Wind Gang and the machine people get in the way. But the surprise is when they see the father and he does not seem to be happy.
They are finally with their father, but the surprise is that this is he works for the Wind Gang. But his job is to make them better Clockwork. And he doesn't want to believe what his children tell about the Gang.
Hiwou and his brothers continue to entertain with their Clockwork Dolls as the battles become less intense until they cease and a new era arrives in Japan.