Notable in that she becomes The Lancer after Rena gets defeated if Sanjuro or Balmung aren't around. She tutors Mireille outside of the net, and aside from being one of the powerhouses, does seem to care for Shugo. Played with in that she gets a little over-emotional, often simplifies things on occasion, and can be rather single-minded, but still seems to know quite a bit about The World and does not often talk like she's that young.
Child Prodigy: Mireille is apparently 4 years old according to the manga. In the manga version, Rena doesn't get defeated, the plot event that spurs the entire rest of the anime version, and to a certain extent also establishes the anime as darker than the manga was. Notable because the events mostly stay the same between the anime and the manga up until episode 5 (minus one event that doesn't appear in manga). It's still lighter than the rest of the series, but this is when things get serious. Episode 5, "Mansion of Terror", deals with an event area that is styled as a blood-red haunted mansion, tougher enemies than the group has faced previously, starts to show the enmity between Balmung and Kamui, and has Rena placed into a coma after being defeated in-game. Cerebus Syndrome: Episodes 1 through 4 are lighthearted and mostly deal with wacky events and goings-on in The World. Balmung gets this treatment a bit in the manga for his hosting special events that are wacky bordering on absurd. Shugo in the anime due to his Amusing Injury Running Gag. The anime invoked this in order to try and cash in on the Moe craze that was starting to gain momentum in Japan. BrotherSister Incest: Twincest between Shugo and Rena in the anime version was implied so heavily that the series has arguably become infamously immortalized because of it. The English version quietly changes this line to "I'm very lucky". Bowdlerisation: The punchline of one 4Koma has Hotaru saying "I have them / they're attached", which some readers interpreted as a reference to having testicles. Komiyan takes revenge on him later in the story by selling him out to the Cobalt Knights. The Data Drain bracelet activates and turns Komiyan's face into a half-fish. 
Beauty to Beast: During a swimming contest in the manga, Shugo gets fed up with Komiyan the Turd and socks him in the face.
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