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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 world record in Lunatic 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 30, AM broke UnKnown's Lunatic record with a score of 3.645 billion points, and since then, he has improved it multiple times. Originally having set a target of 3.9 billion, AM exceeded his own expectations by breaking 4 billion, using new scoring strategies such as bombing Orin's "Needle Mountain" spellcard for 2000+ graze. AM initially bested たろー's Extra record with a score of 1.091 billion, but has since then improved it to 1.101 billion, almost exhausting the stage's practical scoring potential.

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. He would like to break 3.05 billion one day. 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 some Japanese, and maintained a journal about his Touhou achievements in both his native Korean and Japanese, the latter with the help of an automated translator.

As of November 2008, AM's competitive Touhou activity has been semi-suspended due to work. The site and the journal were temporarily shut down for that reason.

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 Easy 3,104,212,600 (WR) 2008/08/04 Marisa solo Accumulated point item value is 762,730
Extra 3,010,565,950 (WR) 2007/10/31 Youmu solo No-miss clear; 104,755 time orbs obtained
Subterranean Animism Lunatic 4,005,225,500 (WR) 2008/11/08 Reimu-A 82,810 graze. Cleared with 5 lives. Missed Satori's Butterfly Reawakening.
Extra 1,101,675,500 (WR) 2008/11/23 Reimu-A 27,026 graze. No-miss + all spellcards captured.

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