>>23381812
>Yes he did.
If that was the case he wouldn't have been able to cut it since the beam edge would block it. Especially since Athrun is cutting upwards and we see the energy from the direction of his sword cutting towards the beam blade.
>And the sides. Given that Shinn has the edge oriented to his lower right, and Athrun cuts it with a swing to his upper left, he hit the side dead on.
Athrun cuts towards the beam blade. His slash is in the same direction the sword is oriented.