UPDATE:
WELL, I tried to replicate this in training mode again... and it worked..! I did it three times with a slight difference in the GI animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsAy8bnBlRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTubCT8KWRI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw-HrD56mts
I guess Slade is right (kind of) but the GI shows that Ein hits the front but still, ZWEI can block it.
Well I just replicated this scenario in training mode and ZWEI gets hit by the CE if he doesn't JG the GI....
I'm still puzzled and in search of answers.
Checked frame by frame; the CE impacted Ein. ZWEI never got staggered by the GI.
I forget if this is normal behavior for 66A+B (Ein being 'detached' from ZWEI in the same way Algol's bubbles are 'detached' from him when they get GIed), but who cares, it's ZWEI.
Probably has something to do with Ein hitting from behind instead of in front (Ein is considered a projectile and projectiles have weird properties in this game...)