Talk:Youmuu's Ghostblade/@comment-4638923-20130720103651/@comment-24052759-20131015020944

It does fit him, but that's just because samurais and cherry blossoms have a philosophical connection. It's quite frequent for anime/video game characters who use katanas to have special effects with sakura flowers.

"The cherry blossom was considered an especially beautiful and important symbol for Japanese samurai because at the height of its beauty it would inevitably fall to the ground to die. Samurai also had to be willing to sacrifice themselves in their prime, and the cherry blossom was evidence that this is the natural way of things and could even be beautiful and pure. Life is as delicate and light as the falling petals, and there is a natural time for all beautiful things to end. The samurai strove to understand the nature of life and death by meditating on the blossom of the cherry tree." ~http://judoinfo.com/kdk.htm

This item, though, is certainly a reference to Touhou Project, as cited by Willbachbakal. The series of games has a character named Youmu Konpaku, who is a half-ghost, and who uses katanas as her main weapons. She's also pretty fast, and sakura flowers are commonly featured in her artworks. Here's a picture of her: http://www.imgbase.info/images/safe-wallpapers/anime/touhou/15709_touhou_konpaku_youmu.jpg