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In _Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk. II/Re;Birth 2 - Sisters Generation_ one of the
characters, Cave, was able to nibbly weave though a crowd which kept squeezing
and crushing Nepgear and in a Chipper event after that she also pointed out
how nothing will touch her "hitbox".

How does these 2 things relate?


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What is the connection between Cave being nimble and nothing being able to touch her "hitbox"?


Like other characters Cave is a personification of a company, in this case
[CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_\(company\)) or
just CAVE (Computer Art Visual Entertainment).

CAVE Interactive is know for developing Danmaku games, ie. [Bullet
Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_%27em_up#Bullet_hell_and_niche_appeal).
the same kind of game the majority of Touhou games are. some of CAVE's Danmaku
games are

  * Mushihimesama Futari

[![Mushihimesama
Futari](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TscUb.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TscUb.jpg)

  * Espgaluda

[![Espgaluda](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dtSLU.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dtSLU.jpg)

  * Bug Princess

[![Bug
Princess](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PRZtv.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PRZtv.jpg)

in Danmaku games the player normally has a very small hitbox which allows them
to squeeze though the tiniest of gaps in the bullet curtain. Cave's mention of
her hitbox and her nimble abilities getting through the crowd is a reference
to here where the people of the crowd are like the bullets of a bullet
curtain.

it's also worth noting that infact it was CAVE which ended up inventing these
kind of games from an initial prototype template that initial template that
was created by another company that some of CAVE's employees had came from.

> Toaplan's Batsugun (1993) provided the prototypical template for this new
> breed, with Cave (formed by former employees of Toaplan, including
> Batsugun's main creator Tsuneki Ikeda, after the latter company collapsed)
> inventing the type proper with 1995's DonPachi


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