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* Several of the attacks of the Shinmeiryuu school of swordfighting from ''[[Love Hina]]'' and ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' incorporate cherry blossoms in their name and special effect. Presumably, the sword does all the work. Just to drive the point home, the name of the ''Negima'' swordswoman is Sakurazaki, [[Cherry Blossom Girl|written with the kanji for "cherry blossom"]].
* One episode of ''[[Uta Kata]]'' had Ichika transform into someone with this power.
* One of Mocchi's attacks in ''[[Monster Rancher (
* In ''[[Mokke]]'', Mizuki gets attacked by spirits using [[Cherry Blossoms]].
* Kodachi Kuno in ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'' often has black rose petals around her. Usually incorporated [[Incoming Ham|into her exits or entrance]], but occasionally involved in an attack.
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* Kagero does this in [[Ninja Scroll]] in order to stave off a swarm of wasps. The petals are stated to have a calming effect.
* ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' parodies this trope with Nanase Aasu, who can summon a whirlwind of flower petals...[[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|to absolutely no effect]].
* Guiche of [[
* The kunoichi Karenbana from the 3rd ''[[Naruto]]'' film uses a jutsu that makes her body seem to dissolve into pink petals, which hide her position and prevent her enemy from seeing her attacks.
** And in a Part 1 filler arc, we are called to ''"witness the Flower Ninja Art of the Land of Vegetables"'': the heads [[Added Alliterative Appeal|fly off flowers in the field where the fight takes place]], turning into shuriken or ''exploding''.
* The twins, Houzuki and Bonbori in ''[[Otome Youkai Zakuro]]''. They can put their souls into flower petals and use them as attack, defense, and tracking devices. However, they can only use them while singing.
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[Ah!
* Lady Kayura of ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers ([[Ronin Warriors]])''.
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* [[Monster of the Week|Viscount Cherry Blossom]] in ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'', who became "Terror Blossom" when he appeared in the second season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
* ''[[Kamen Rider 555]]:'' the Rose Orphenoch fires blasts of petals from his [[Android Kikaider|Hakaider]]-like brain-window-thing.
* ''[[
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Flora is a [[Summon Magic|summon]] in ''[[
** Justified, since Flora is the Goddess of Flowers in Roman mythology.
* ''[[Chain of Memories]]'' has Marluxia, who wields a massive pink scythe which has flower petal attacks. The [[
** In ''[[
* [[Green Thumb|Grass-Type]] [[Pokémon]] gives us a few attacks like this.
** Razor Leaf in ''[[Pokémon]]'', which also shows up in ''[[Super Smash Bros]].''
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** Magical Leaf fits the trope even better than Razor Leaf, since it's actually more like a storm of rainbow petals attacking the opponent.
* Peach's Final Smash in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' features plenty of peach blossoms.
* A decent number of enemies in ''[[
* The ''[[
** Also, ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
* In ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', Lavitz and Albert both have protective spells that envelop the party in a storm of flowers or cherry blossoms.
* In ''[[
* Plant Man from ''[[Mega Man (
** Considering that you can throw that Leaf Shield at enemies - yeah, it counts.
* The Great Fairies in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* In ''[[
** [[Green Thumb|Yuuka]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Kazami]] uses various flowers and petals as her bullets. She's also one of the more powerful characters in the series.
* In ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', Rachel's [[One-Hit Kill|Astral Finish]] causes her opponent to explode in a shower of rose petals.
* ''[[Dead or Alive]]'''s Kasumi has a [[Cherry Blossom]] motif, which she can use to ''teleport''; her half-sister Ayame does the same with iris petals (appropriate to her name). [[Ninja Gaiden|Ryu]] and Hayate (Kasumi's brother) does it with leaves.
* In ''[[Flower]]'', it's pretty much the main thing, allowing you to open flowers and bring color back to the landscape. It is also useful for {{spoiler|destroying some of the man-made structures or making them useful}}.
* When [[Sonic Heroes
* In ''[[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon]]'', several of the [[Green Thumb|Mandragora]] based spells involve attacking with flower petals.
* [[Samurai Shodown|Yoshitora's]] special moves all produce flower graphics when they connect. [[Calling Your Attacks|He also yells the flower names.]]
* Both ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' and its sequel ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' feature "Sleep Flower" spells that [[Exactly What It Says
** ''[[Suikoden]]'' also does this with one of it's Wind-element spells, "Wind of Sleep".
* ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' has a physical attack skill called [[Cherry Blossoms|"Sakura Rage"]] which creates this effect. It can also cause the [[Charm Person|"Charm"]] status effect.
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* Keiji Maeda from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' who, unlike other characters associated with the [[Blow You Away|wind-element]], invokes these during some of his special attacks.
* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|Diao Chan]] in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' 7 invokes this power in most of her special attacks.
* In ''[[
* The Team Rose group attack in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''.
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== Web Original ==
* [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-143 SCP-143] is a forest of incredibly strong trees. ''The [[
* In ''[[
* Showers of rose petals seem to surround Ruby Rose of ''[[RWBY]]'' whenever she does something that employs her [[Personality Powers|"semblance"]] or [[Mana Meter|"Aura"]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Batman and
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