Grassblades took a LONG time getting a name. I had individual chapter-names, or even names for imagined volumes of it, but I could not seem to think of a single, over-arching name for the entire story. I bashed my head against that wall a LOT before it finally crumbled.
I knew I wanted something general enough to cover a wide range of events. I knew I wanted something that was reminiscent of the various East Asian cultures/storytelling traditions that inspired it. I knew I wanted something that somewhat described the main character(s). But what?
I hit upon the idea of using nature-imagery because it's such a common theme in haiku-poetry - and I like the sparseness of haiku. I then remembered that a.) Lian Hearn has written a novel called Grass for His Pillow and isn't that just the prettiest name ever? b.) one of the books about Matsuo Basho, the great haiku-poet, is called Grass Sandals. c.) this is somewhat tenuously related, but in Swedish, children who grow up in tough circumstances are sometimes referred to as "maskrosbarn" ("dandelion children") - and that fits one of my main characters to a t.
The nature imagery was all there - now it was just a matter of finding some variant that fit. And after going through and discarding DOZENS of them, I finally hit on Grassblades. It's short, it's nature-themed, and it's sort of got a double meaning - there's the grass, obviously, but you can also read "grassblades" as referring to actual blades. I.e: swords. And one of my main characters is a swordsman. It's supposed to imply a lot of things - the humbleness of the character's circumstances, a rootlessness and wandering life, etc., etc. and IMHO, it works.
... this is probably WAY too much thought to be put into a webcomic title, but er. This is how my brain is wired, and titles are important.