User blog comment:Goregutz619/HXH episode 124 discussion/@comment-23822532-20140409171306/@comment-14902757-20140409172645

Loved the black widow ability as well. Using hair as a weapon had been used before in other animes but with the addition of enhancement ability and chimera ant genes to it, it's given a new life.

Re the manga reference, although I'm an anime-only fan, I hope you're right.