Itaru Hashida

"A very interesting theme ya know? What if we're actually just characters in a game? Any way we can know for sure?"

- Chapter 1

Itaru Hashida (橋田 至, Hashida Itaru?), also known by his nickname Daru, his online handle DaSH ("Daru the Super Hacker") and Barrel Titor is an experienced hacker and a hardcore otaku, a member of the Future Gadget Lab and a close friend of Rintaro Okabe who eventually becomes the husband of Yuki Amane and the father of Suzuha Amane.

Appearance
Itaru is a short and overweight guy who needs glasses to see.

He always wears a dark green/olive t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans along with his signature yellow cap. In one of the anime adaptation's episodes, Itaru is seen wearing a yellow Hawaiian shirt.

His cosplay outfit with the Cosplay mode activated resembles Jotaro Kujo's appearance in Part 3 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (see Gallery).

Personality
Itaru is obsessed and extremely talented with programs and computers, capable of hacking into the mainframes of top-secret organizations and processing complex computer codes.

Like Rintaro Okabe, Itaru enjoys making Future Gadgets, but he is not nearly as enthusiastic about it as Okabe is. Itaru also has a very particular naming sense for his creations, usually adding serial and version number even if unnecessary.

One of Itaru's most prominent characteristics is his obsession over moe culture, as well as his perverted tendencies, often to the annoyance of those around him. He describes himself as a "Perverted Gentleman". He is also a big fan of Faris. While he might not act like it, Itaru is fully aware of how he comes off to other people. During his date with Yuki, he was incredibly self-conscious of being seen as little more then a fat pervert.

Background
Sometime he started hacking and under his net alias, DaSH, he became known as one of the best hackers on the Internet, calling himself a "super hacker".

While Rintaro Okabe and Itaru had known one another since high school, their friendship only really began from the moment they entered university. Itaru joined the Future Gadget Lab some time after Mayuri Shiina, his reasoning for doing so being that MayQueen+Nyan² was fairly close to the lab.

In further SciADV entries
Itaru appears as a main character in Robotics;Notes DaSH (Main article: Heliopause Processor)

Itaru is one of few characters in the Science Adventure Series to have impacted the plot of every main entry in the series since his introduction (including spin off).

This section contains spoilers for the entire Series, do not read it unless you either want to be spoiled.

Robotics;Notes

 * He appears on the Twipo social media in Robotics;Notes, during Robotics;Notes Elite, Okabe convenes all Labmems and declares the Operation Lævateinn :
 * Nae goes to Tanegashima and rescue Frau Koujiro, she is in charge of TNSC Capture B Squad Rush Troops.
 * Daru provides IRUO DG297 3rd EDITION ver.4.11 and helps Sawada to create an Antivirus to erase Kou Kimijima.

ChäoS;Child Media

 * In Chaos;Child he is indirectly mentioned by Kunosato, consenting her request for refuge at the Future Gadget Lab.
 * In ChäoS;Child ~Children's Collapse~ he is mentioned many times by Kurisu. Daru is the one who noticed the School infiltration of Kunosato.

Anonymous;Code

 * In Anonymous;Code, DaSH appears in the Hacker Ranking List who try to solve the Cicada 3301 quests and is mentioned by Wind.
 * During Chapter 11 DaSH was livestreaming his reaction to "User"'s transcript about the Committee of 300 and the Vatican.

Trivia

 * Itaru's favorite drink is Coca Cola Zero.
 * Itaru's main personal computer appears to be a Sharp X68000. Given the computer's outdated processor architecture, it is likely a sleeper PC build.
 * Itaru considers himself a "Super Hacker", though Okabe often mispronounces this as "Super Hacka", much to Itaru's annoyance.

Etymology

 * The name Itaru means “climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in” (至, itaru).
 * Itaru's surname Hashida means “bridge” (橋, hashi) and “rice field, rice paddy” (田, da).

Alias

 * The name Barrel Titor comes from Titor, from saying Hashida Itaru quickly repeatedly, and Barrel, from taru (たる) in Itaru which means Barrel.

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