Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-206.21.132.104-20161207124313/@comment-4010415-20161209033211

Actually, his Semblance didn't go through Yang's Aura. It broke her Aura. Her Aura wasn't at 100%, and his attack was so strong that the amount of Aura she had left couldn't protect against all of it, so the leftover damage managed to cut her arm off.

Quote from Miles and Kerry, the writers:

Miles: The Aura is, y'know it's like, we establish in the [...] tournament fights that, like... Yeah, every hit can drop it and some hits can break it. It just so happens that Adam's attack was so badass that, in one hit, it managed to break it and do damage all at once, it was so powerful.

Kerry: Yang had also been fighting off-screen.

Miles: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that girl, that girl had been through some things! It's not necessarily a sword thing, more just like "Oh, he's strong! Oh, he's a scary man!"

And the source of these quotes.