Well yeah, I get that she was injured, but it wasn’t really made clear that it was more than just passing out in the edited cut with the exception of Ryo-Ohki’s shriek.
I don’t know how to explain it. You are right that the ONSCREEN evidence would indicate that she is merely injured, yet, for me at least, the context of her actions and the “spirit of 1000 knights” comment from azaka, combined with the overall feel and tone of the scene drove home that her life was slipping away and that she could very well have died.
Yes, I understand that now that I’m older, but when I was younger I didn’t read quite as deeply into what I was watching.
