Resplendent Tale of the Falling Cherry Blossoms

Resplendent Tale of the Falling Cherry Blossoms (花吹雪盛大物語, Hanafubuki Seidai Monogatari) is considered to be one of the most beautiful magics in all of Earthland; a magic of the modern era, it's a Caster Magic and a Subspecies Magic that makes use of one of the various elements — specifically nature, combining it with one of the deadliest weapons forged and often employed by man, the sword. Due to its various functions, it's also classified as a form of Molding Magic, so much so that it's alternatively called Sakura-Make (, Sakura Meiku; lit. "Weaponized Cherry Blossom Molding Magic") by various individuals.

According to Erza Asakura, the only known survivor of this magic's onslaught, it embodies the concept of "the beauty of nature is found in combat" (自然の美しさは戦闘で見つかる, Shizen no utsukushi-sa wa sentō de mitsukaru) — bringing out nature's wrath by using arms as a medium and taking it to such extremes using natural energies and one's magical powers. The magic possesses high offensive and defensive capabilities backed with an incredible degree of versatility, putting it on-par with certain Lost Magics when used correctly.

It's inventor and only user is Sayuri Hanabira — a member of the Thirteen Holy Blades who goes by the epithet "Honored Samurai of the Radiant Cherry Blossoms" (放射光桜の名誉武士, Hōshakō Sakura no Meiyobushi), acting as her signature magic to which she's fully mastered above all others in her possession.

Overview
"Life is like a cherry blossom, my dear. It's weird for one to make a comparison as there are disparaging differences between the two, but when you think about it, it holds some truth to it. We grow, "bloom" at the height of our growth, and then wither away as we fall back to the earth from whence we came. Despite all of this, we tend to be beautiful nonetheless, though beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What may be elegant and resplendent in the eyes of one, may not hold for the eyes of others. Regardless, our beauty holds a certain degree of ferocity to it, "attacking" life as if to leave are mark to prove our existence. In the end, like human beings, cherry blossoms hate being forgotten and wish not to be underestimated. That's why it's most brilliant at its peak above everything else — grasping at our attention before it becomes no more."

- Sayuri's analogy of the magic and the ephemerality of life.











Trivia

 * If one couldn't tell, this is fully based on Senbonzakura and Senbonzakura Kageyoshi from the anime/manga series, Bleach. However, the author should note that it also makes an obvious reference to the caster's creative origins — which also involves the use of cherry blossoms, and the reason for their current epithet.