My first thought when the manga started is that I'm not noticing anything about Asuna's bells any more. In the first episode, they'd occasionally go off like a cannon, and they'd ring from time to time for the first few. They don't bother with it any more. :(
Those "frog and cat" segments look like some bizarre Japanese take on Nickelodeon cartoons.
I found the Street Fighter 2 screen during the "instant teleportation can't be done" bit quite amusing.
And was Chiu (sp?) channeling Professor Tomoe there for a moment?