Hombre Araña manifests exclusively during the resurrection of legendary swordsman Kojiro Sasaki in *Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba*. Takeshi Onimaru employs Hombre Araña's ritual to eliminate Yaiba Kurogane, utilizing pungent ingredients and requiring physical strikes from his Hakki minions to activate the process. This ritual successfully revives Kojiro under a binding pact to kill Yaiba, though Kojiro ultimately defects and allies with Yaiba's group.