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Self-declared mad scientist who calls himself Hououin Kyouma. Runs the Future Gadget Laboratory above a CRT repair shop in Akihabara; wears the paranoid-genius pose like armour.

Eighteen-year-old neuroscience researcher already published in Science. Sharp, contrarian, allergic to being called “Christina,” and the only person in the room willing to puncture Okabe's bluster to his face.

Okabe's childhood friend and the lab's emotional centre. Cosplayer, catchphrase “tuturu~,” disarming in a way the scientists in the room keep underestimating.

Self-styled super-hacker and Okabe's oldest friend. The only person who treats the mad-scientist act as the shared joke it has always been.

Cheerful part-timer at the CRT repair shop below the lab. Rides an old bicycle everywhere; holds herself older than her face suggests.

Reigning queen of a premier Akihabara maid café and an elite Rainet tournament player. Cat-speech verbal tic; Akihabara family further back than her surface sparkle lets on.

Shrine-maiden-in-training at Yanabayashi Shrine. Quiet, ceremonious, and perpetually mistaken for someone other than who they are.

Withdrawn freelance journalist whose entire communicative life runs through her mobile phone. Intense about the device to a degree that makes the lab pause.