A closer look
Looking at a screen filled with ten thousand glowing lasers, you'd assume survival is physically impossible, but your eyes are deceiving you. In arcade bullet hells like Touhou, the actual hurtbox of your anime girl protagonist isn't her entire body—it's usually a single, microscopic cluster of pixels hidden directly in the center of her chest. Expert players don't dodge the bullets; they practice intense pattern literacy, threading this invisible dot through seemingly impenetrable walls of neon death while ignoring the fact that lasers are actively passing through their character's head.
