Pixel Shine/Gleem effect - How would you do it?

[blockman01]

So I drew this katana thing and I was thinking of how people would create shine/gleem effects.
How would you do it?
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[Refticus]

faster, shine could also be a bit tinted to the colour

[PurpleMetro]

Much faster.
Maybe a small lens flare that moves with the shine as well.

[phflack]

maybe a bit brighter in the center of the shine

[Headcrab Zombie]

Faster
Not one solid color, add some highlights and shadows
Not perfectly flat and straight shape

[Katadeus]

Try doing it perpendicularly to that. A sword would only reflect light like that if it was curved sideways, which would make no sense.
The amount of light shining back isn't like a yes or no thing, you might want to have partially shiny bits to the sides of the main shiny.