RaiNet Kakeru

RaiNet Kakeru is a popular in-universe manga serialized in LocoLoco Comics of which its anime adaptation has its third season airing every Sunday at 9 AM on ToTV during the time Steins;Gate takes place. Faris NyanNyan and Mayuri Shiina are both fans of this media franchise that is primarily aimed at children. In-universe various versions of its mascot Upa, a card game named RaiNet AccessBattlers and other merchandise relating to the media franchise can be bought. The premise of RaiNet Kakeru is about a fifth-grader named Kakeru Yumehara and his friends battling viruses sent by terrorists in cyperspace.

Characters
An exceptional hacker and a fifth-grader who just transferred into Kaigyou Elementary. He is athletic and smart, but does not stand out too well, and first gets belittled over his apparent inability to type fast on a regular keyboard. He is the hero of RaiNet Kakeru. Later he befriends Kirari and Tamaru. A smart and athletic fifth-grader who is very knowledgeable about computers and who is part of Kaigyou Elementary's computer club. She is cute, passionate about fashion and has a good personality. She dislikes mushrooms, though. She is the heroine of RaiNet Kakeru. A fifth-grader that is part of Kaigyou Elementary's computer club. Her typing skills are very good. He develops RaiNet Cards and seems to be very knowledgeable about hacking. An antagonist and hacker who is in possession of the Monster Programme "Vaios". He managed to successfully launch a cyber attack on the Department of Defense in Episode 1.
 * Kakeru Yumehara
 * Kirari Nishimura
 * Tamaru
 * Nagaya-san
 * J

RaiNet AccessBattlers
Main Article: RaiNet AccessBattlers

RaiNet Kakeru has its own card game spinoff, named RaiNet AccessBattlers, in which two players compete against each other. Each player gets four "Link" cards and four "Virus" cards that they can aligne however they want on their side of the board, in the so-called "Stack Area", at the start of a game. The players additionally have four "Terminal" cards each that they can use up. Avid players of the board game are Faris NyanNyan, who has won over 400 unofficial matches, and 4℃. Both national and international official tournaments started getting hosted 2010.