User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on Volume 4, Chapter 6 (Tipping Point)/@comment-4010415-20161212044413/@comment-25405817-20161214002336

@ChishioKunrin: I want you to know, that I'm really trying to say this as nicely as possible, even though I'm basically repeating myself at this point.

The animators added each shimmering to SHOW US that her Aura was getting reduced/depleted. The slow-motion was used to signify the point Ruby's Aura hit the zero mark. If they added a gleam each time she took a hit after that, it would've been redundant, because we already know that her Aura is getting depleted.

It is a wonderful use of the Show-Don't-Tell technique, something that they've been failing to do so far in the series, so that they succeeded in this scene is commendable.

The only criticizeable thing about it is that, that it looks inconsistent WHEN COMPARED to how it was depicted in the previous 3 instances.