AM (b. 1986 in Korea) is a competitive Touhou player, active since November 2003, who specializes in Imperishable Night and Subterranean Animism. As of November 2008, AM holds simultaneous world records in both the regular and Extra modes of Subterranean Animism.
Since the debut of Subterranean Animism, the Lunatic and Extra categories had consistently been dominated by UnKnown and たろー, respectively. On October 26, AM broke たろー's record with a score of 1.091 billion, and later improved it to 1.094 billion. On October 30, AM broke UnKnown's world record with a score of 3.645 billion points. On November 5, AM improved it to 3.849 billion in an almost-perfect run, missing only Orin's "Demon Revival" spellcard, as well as a power item on Level 2 that cost him about 1000 graze from Parsee. He has posted a blueprint for scoring 3.9 billion points, which he believes to be the theoretical limit based on current best-known strategies. However, on November 08, he surpassed his own goal with a 4.0 billion score, securing the leadership. His next project is getting 1.1 billion on Extra mode.
AM is also the most dominant player in Imperishable Night's Extra mode, holding the highest known score with every character, including the popular 3.010 billion Youmu replay. This score attack maintains an extremely high quality of play, as AM grazes through nearly every spellcard with no visible mistakes and accumulates over 100,000 time orbs in the process. AM also holds the Easy mode world record with a score of 3.104 billion. His Lunatic best of 5.213 billion, played with Sakuya and Remilia, is ranked 11th overall and 4th within its character category.
AM currently holds the fourth highest overall score in Perfect Cherry Blossom with 2.730 billion points. He initially wanted to break 3 billion points, but admitted to have failed that goal, blaming lack of patience. However, he has also confirmed he may return to it in the future, despite stiff competition from HS参謀, who currently holds world records under every difficulty and character type.
AM speaks fluent Japanese, and maintains a journal about his Touhou achievements. Recently, he has begun writing posts in both Korean and Japanese due to the influx of Japanese-speaking visitors.
Notable player records
| Game | Mode | Score | Date | Character type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Cherry Blossom | Lunatic | 2,730,863,160 (#4) | 2008/09/27 | Sakuya-B | |
| Imperishable Night | Extra | 3,010,565,950 (WR) | 2007/10/31 | Youmu solo | No-miss clear; 104,755 time orbs obtained |
| Easy | 3,104,212,600 (WR) | 2008/08/04 | Marisa solo | Accumulated point item value is 762,730 | |
| Subterranean Animism | Lunatic | 4,005,225,500 (WR) | 2008/11/08 | Reimu-A | |
| Extra | 1,094,389,430 (WR) | 2008/10/25 | Reimu-A | 27,026 graze. No-miss + all spellcards captured. |