L.A.W. - League of Anime Wrestling

u/Aiki_Demon wrote:Okay... so, Ane-san's the one that set this up, and I'm kinda' clueless on how most social media stuff works aside from Twitter, but... I'm gonna' give it a shot!

So hey, this is Amano-Jaku! I'm a wrestler for LAW, a former contender for the Lightweight Belt (Proof), was in the H1 Climax to represent the Lightweight Division (Proof), started off the Kimodameshi match series (Proof), and I'm a member of the Senso no Hana stable. Been wrestling at LAW for about two and a half years and just got a full-time contract this year. It's been pretty crazy getting use to being a regular now that my second year in the last half, but... well, Ane-san said doing something like this would be go to get my name out and interact with some folks more.

So... ask me anything!

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/u/KnittingKnerd126 wrote:Hi Amano, thanks for doing this! I'm a big fan of pro wrestling, but I'm also really into fabrics and textiles as a creative hobby. What's your favorite kimono, pattern, or other product that your family's textile shop has made?

/u/WMyKeysITheePen wrote:amano!! hi!! omg i can't believe i actually get to kinda talk to a real LAW superstar!! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o
so... now that you're kinda clouty, i'm sure you must know a looooot of wrestlers.(✿◠‿◠) with that in mind, if you had to pick aaaaanyone to go on a date with your Senso no Hana stablemates, who would it be? >3>

[Author's note: With, like, 5 seconds of research, it would become very obvious that this is Shiori fishing for shipbait.]

/u/PreestyleFoet wrote:Congrats on your recent contract! I heard they're really putting you to work though. What's the most unexpected part of working behind the scenes? Is cleanup as bad as I imagine it to be?

u/Aiki_Demon wrote:

/u/KnittingKnerd126 wrote:Hi Amano, thanks for doing this! I'm a big fan of pro wrestling, but I'm also really into fabrics and textiles as a creative hobby. What's your favorite kimono, pattern, or other product that your family's textile shop has made?

Thanks! As much as I want to say my favorite product of the family is my outfit, it's actually a kimono I made with my mom's help about three years ago. It's a purple kimono with a bunch of flowers patterned around it. It took sooo long to make since it was my first time actually putting it together in full, but it's now my favorite thing to wear casually.

/u/WMyKeysITheePen wrote:amano!! hi!! omg i can't believe i actually get to kinda talk to a real LAW superstar!! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o
so... now that you're kinda clouty, i'm sure you must know a looooot of wrestlers.(✿◠‿◠) with that in mind, if you had to pick aaaaanyone to go on a date with your Senso no Hana stablemates, who would it be? >3>

[Author's note: With, like, 5 seconds of research, it would become very obvious that this is Shiori fishing for shipbait.]

Going luck finding anyone to date someone as hardcore as Taishuya-senpai (feels so weird calling her that again). I honestly couldn't pick someone if I tried.

But Nakano-senpai did go on a date with someone on the roster before. Sophia... Wolfe I think her name was?

/u/PreestyleFoet wrote:Congrats on your recent contract! I heard they're really putting you to work though. What's the most unexpected part of working behind the scenes? Is cleanup as bad as I imagine it to be?

They really are! Even my Kimodameshi matches got more intense!

But... the most unexpected is probably just dealing with all the personalities. Unlike the dojo a lot of people are here for different reasons and hard feelings don't go away after a match like in a karate tournament. Or... well, people aren't as quick to let it go. It's a real different atmosphere, so it always throws me off seeing someone still... deal with the aftermath.

Oh, but the cleanup is waaaay worse than I thought. Especially after a hentai match since I'm so styled up when I fight.

u/DeadliestWomanAlive wrote:What do you think of the accusations that, despite all of your accomplishments in the martial arts, you continue to FEAR a confrontation with the one woman you KNOW you cannot beat, the fearsome Countess Dante?!

u/Aiki_Demon wrote:

u/DeadliestWomanAlive wrote:What do you think of the accusations that, despite all of your accomplishments in the martial arts, you continue to FEAR a confrontation with the one woman you KNOW you cannot beat, the fearsome Countess Dante?!

I... I don't know who that is though?

But if someone thinks they can take me in the ring then I'm willing to show this Countess what I've got!

u/Ship_of_the_Line wrote:F/M/K any 3 people in LAW.

u/ThunderDome wrote:Where did you get the idea for Kimodameshi matches? What were your goals? Did you meet them?

u/Carthago_Delenda_Est wrote:What inspired you to use Amano-Jaku as your wrestling identity?

u/NurseRoy wrote:You've been in some really rough matches. How do you take care of yourself after brutal or bloody fights?

u/Aiki_Demon wrote:

u/Ship_of_the_Line wrote:F/M/K any 3 people in LAW.

You gotta' give 3 names yourself or it ruins the whole point!

But fiiiine... Hm, I'll just limit it to Lightweight Belt contenders, so... Fuck Clara-chan, Marry Aurora-chan, and Kill Kazikura

u/ThunderDome wrote:Where did you get the idea for Kimodameshi matches? What were your goals? Did you meet them?

It kinda' just... happened. I was already doing a lot of matches against debuting Lightweights, and management realized the pattern and ran the idea of making it an event. I decided the name, but the main idea was newbie came to test their mettle against me since I was getting established. And... I think they wanted a distraction from all the Midas Touch segments going on at the time.

Speaking of, I took a page from Rose-chan's Midas Touch and Starring-san's Amazon Classic and wanted to up the stakes a bit with a sort of punishment phase, along with the opponent choosing whatever match they wanted. And once Ane-san took it over it just... kinda' went off from there.

The main goal was giving all the new lightweights a recognizable face they could take on, but it kinda' transformed in a more intense thing on my end thanks to Ane-san. And... y'know, drag all the keyboard warriors in this division into the ring with a tantalizing prize of fighting a known fighter on their record.

But I think the goals are being met so far!

u/Carthago_Delenda_Est wrote:What inspired you to use Amano-Jaku as your wrestling identity?

How do you know I'm not really an actual demon, huuuuh?

But nah, a friend at my dojo actually gave me the idea! When I first started martial arts I was REALLY rowdy and wild. Like, more than I am now. And I was basically a wild demon. I decided to take that part of myself in the my wrestling persona, especially since my family's got a really traditional background and environment to it. Plus, I like a lot of youkai lore and stuff, and the Amanojaku is a demon that tempts others into evil and does the opposite of what you tell it to do. Sooo, an aikido fighter with some surprise karate skills seemed appropriate for the name.

There also a tale about an Amanojaku eating the wearing the skin of a princess, but that's a story for another day.

u/NurseRoy wrote:You've been in some really rough matches. How do you take care of yourself after brutal or bloody fights?

The way most LAW wrestlers do, the infirmary.

But in all seriousness, I'm trying to be a bit more careful nowadays. I got really into the idea of intense and extreme fights when I first joined LAW, but then I did those extreme matches and... Yeah... lesson learned, take that stuff in small steps. General care stuff is done before the fight. Stretches, warming up, injury-prevention stuff. Afterwards... just gotta' rest and hope Makishima-sensei isn't too mad at how banged up we are.

I know it's a bit off-topic, but my general rule now is the not go too hard at the start and only go all out on opponents that I think can take it. I think Rose-chan said this before, but as wrestlers, fighters, and martial artists we're all in a combat league, so we're going to hurt each other, and some of us even like to! But... there's a difference between fighting to win a match, and trying to actually hurt each other really bad for the sake of it. I try not to go any harder than my opponent, but sometimes... well, you've seen me in certain fights, I just get into it! But I don't have regards so long as I did my best and did all I could to show myself off.

u/BarbarianLAW wrote:Hey Amano-chan! This is Rindo Kobayashi from LAW, heard you were doing this and I have a question I've been dying to ask you so I made a Reddit account right away! Big fan by the way! Anyway I should stop rambling and get to my question!

In your opinion what was your hottest loss in LAW? And if possible, could you rank your top three?

u/Armagilo wrote:Hey hey, Amano! It's Gil! I have a laundry list of things I'd love to ask you, but instead of playing 21 questions, let's play 4 instead! < 3

1. What is your favorite match type?
2. What is an off stipulation you've always wanted to try?
3. Out of all the talent in L.A.W, do you have any heroes you really look up to?
4. And finally, the most important and pressing question, what's your favorite color? :3

u/CaptainLhurgoyf wrote:I hear you're living in the LAW dorms now. What's that like? What do you think of your neighbors? Any stories?