Chirico survives through reflex and stubbornness, not heroics. One last forced match means watching him strip down to pure reaction, no speeches, just a man in a suit of armor fighting because stopping would kill him faster than continuing. The real weight lands in the quiet moment after, when victory tastes like exhaustion and the war keeps grinding forward anyway.
Chirico has come through the climax of the original Votoms story, but the fighting is not finished. The Gilgamesh and Balarant forces are both still pushing their PS programs forward. Balarant is holding his beloved Fyana hostage at an experimental facility near Koba City. To reach her, Chirico and his old comrades must battle their way inside, and they are pulled into one final gladiatorial fight against a special PS and a formidable land battleship. The single OVA takes place after the main storyline but before the epilogue that closes the series, and it offers mecha action and science fiction drama for viewers who know the franchise.