Itaru Hashida

Itaru Hashida (橋田至, Hashida Itaru) is an experienced hacker in both software and hardware technologies. He is also well-versed in things pertaining to otaku culture. Rintaro and Mayuri call him by the nickname "Daru". He and Rintaro have known each other since they were in high school. Itaru doesn't mind when he is called "Super Hacker" but he doesn't like it when people call him "Super Haker/Hacka" (a mispronounciation of the word hacker which Rintaro usually uses). He supposedly has an obsession with both 2D and 3D girls. He is a big fan of Faris. Because of his speech, he is known to be a pervert. Like Rintaro, he is a first year at Tokyo Denki University. It was later revealed in the series that he is the father of Suzuha. In the Alpha world line, he and Rintaro became founders of the Valkyrie, a resistance against SERN and the Illuminati. He met his wife, Yuki Amane, a famous cosplayer, in the 2011 Winter Comiket after escaping from the SERN headquarters. After Rintaro was killed in 2025, he continued research on the time machine and invented one for Suzuha to use in 2036. However, this machine was incomplete and could only travel backwards through time, as Daru was killed by SERN in 2033 before completing the machine.