If there's gonna be friction, at least let it be a learn able moment for the boy to reflect and improve, and not just an "obstacle" to be powered through.
It would be a waste if the whole work was spent having Nitta be one-upped by Yamada, without getting a moment to shine or improve himself...
We already know that she was sexually harassed so much by so many men, she became a misandrist. That was the main driving force of the first couple arcs in this story (which have been nuked so it won't be easy to review them).
She also did mention that some of those instances of harassment were...
So... The way Superior Spider-Man (now Superior Octopus) came to be is, Ock was suffering from turbo cancer or something of the like. and, on his deathbed, when Peter Parker went to have some last few words with him. Ock used some machine to switch consciousness with Peter, leaving Peter to die...
I mean... a lot of things don't survive being stabbed through the heart with magical knife and left to be consumed by the same venomous plant that knocked them out (and could most definitely kill anyone that'd rescue them). not to mention , Jelly was dead dead. It's just that mister generic bad...