Comparing sephiroth's name to the tree of life makes it sound even more fitting to his character.
But what I'd like too know is (and since this be the place to look when there is so much made up stuff on the net, that and I've probably read about it somewhere but forgot) the how/what/where and why origin of Masamune. Enlightenment please?
Masamune was the name of a lengendary japanese swordsmith. The swords he made are still regarded as the best and they're sort of a national treasure.
There's a interesting tale about Masamune.
Masamune had a student, Murasame (who, curiously, also gives name to FF swords) who defied Masamune to see wich one could make a better sword.
Masamune aceppted the challenge and the wach one of them made a sword.
To see wich one of the swords had the purest blase or something, they decide to put the swords in a lake to see what would happen.
Murasame was the first to put his sword in the lake. Since the blade in Murasame's sword was made through his envy towards Masamune, it became evil and demonic.
In result, the leaves that were in the water were all sheddred into pieces when passing by Murasame's sword.
Masamune's blade was made without any kind of bad feelings in its creation, so the blade was so pure-hearted that the remaining leaves, when passing by Masamune's sword, would simply move away, without any kind of damage.
Another legend about Masamune's sword tells us that those swords would not draw blood. The damage would be made and the person would die if the wound was fatal, but without any trace of blood in the victim's body or in the sword's blade.
Maybe the creators had this in mind when making Aerith's death, since there's no trace of blood anywhere.
