Cherry Blossom/Playing With

Basic Trope: Falling sakura petals have certain meanings in anime and other Japanese media, depending on the context. "Alice: "Aren't these cherry blossoms beautiful? Love is in the air!"
 * Straight:
 * In the Dating Sim Eien no Troperia, the unnamed protagonist meet the girl of his dream under a rain of cherry blossom.
 * In the movie Space Samurai Bob, the titular character fights the cyborg army of Emperor Evulz under a rain of cherry blossom.
 * Exaggerated:
 * When they meet, the screen is almost entirely covered by sakura petals.
 * As more and more of Bob's blood spill to the ground, the cherry blossom turns from pink to blood red, and then to black.
 * Justified:
 * It's the legendary sakura tree of the school of the unnamed protagonist, those meeting beneath it will have their love lasts forever.
 * These are some genetically-altered sakura trees FROM OUTER SPACE.
 * Inverted:
 * The dream girl dump the unnamed protagonist under a rain of sakura petals.
 * As Bob falls, the cherry blossom turns white.
 * Subverted:
 * It seems to be a sakura tree, but it's actually something else.
 * The cherry blossom imagery lead the viewer to believe that Bob will die making his last stand, but he survives.

Bob: "Bah! Humbug! Anyone who mentions Sakura petals should be baked into a black forest cake and buried with cherry pits in their eyes."

Alice: "Happy St. Valentine's Day to you too, grumpy.""


 * Double Subverted:
 * ...which symbolism is almost the same as sakura.
 * ...and then he dies from his fatal injuries several days later, all the while contemplating the transience of life while watching cherry blossoms.
 * Parodied:
 * The sakura tree actually preach about the meaning of love to the unnamed protagonist and the dream girl.
 * The unnamed protagonist meet his old buddy under the cherry blossoms -or- the dream girl meet an Onee-Sama under the cherryblossoms.
 * Deconstructed: Bob tries to fight Emperor Evulz, but the sakura petals distract him, pervent him from getting a clear shot, are used by Evulz as cover, etc...
 * Reconstructed: Bob uses the sakura petals to his advantage, and defeats Evulz.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted:
 * There are no sakura trees in Eien no Troperia.
 * Being set in outer space, there are no sakura trees in Space Samurai Bob.
 * Enforced: "Regardless of age and era, the viewers will understand the symbolism of sakura petals! Let's make him meet his dream girl under a sakura tree!"
 * Lampshaded: "This sakura tree is as beautiful as the you in my dream."
 * Invoked: To make sure their love lasts forever, the unnamed protagonist make a confession to his dream girl under a cherry blossom.
 * Exploited: But before the unnamed protagonist can do so, The Rival steal the opportunity to do exactly that.
 * Defied: The Rival burns down all sakura trees at the school.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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