The Hot Spot (2025)
Synopsis
Kiyomi Endo is a single mother working at a business hotel near Mount Fuji whose life takes an unexpected twist after an encounter with an alien.
First Air Date: 2025-01-12
Last Air Date: 2025-03-16
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 10
Created By: Bakarhythm
Networks: Nippon TV
Top Cast
- Mikako Ichikawa as Endo Kiyomi / "Ki"
- Akihiro Kakuta as Takahashi Kosuke
- Anne Suzuki as Hazuki Nakamura
- Kami Hiraiwa as Minami Hibino
- Kaho as Yumi Isomura
- Naoki Tanaka as Takahiro Okuda
- Kayo Noro as Kozue Nakamoto
- Maki Sakai as Eri Sawada
- Moeno Sumida as Wakaba Endo
- Fumiyo Kohinata as Fumio Murakami
Seasons
None (2025)
Kiyomi is a single mom who's no stranger to life's ups and downs. So when she stumbles upon an alien, she ropes him into fixing her chaotic world.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 1
Kiyomi Endo lives an ordinary life working at a cheap hotel in her hometown. One day, she nearly gets in a traffic accident but is saved by an alien.
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
After Hacchi tells her friends about a conundrum at the elementary school where she teaches, she asks Kiyomi to persuade Takahashi to lend his help.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
Kiyomi and her friends run into an old classmate while lunching with Takahashi. Some unexpected events threaten to expose Takahashi's identity.
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Ep. 4: Episode 4
After Ayano's bicycle is stolen, Kiyomi decides to ask Takahashi to find it. Later, they deal with some trouble during their night shift at the hotel.
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Ep. 5: Episode 5
As a TV crew interviews the locals, Ayano's daughter says she saw a bespectacled man running at high speed. Yumi shows Kiyomi a bent coin she found.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
Kiyomi and her friends go to a bar run by a former classmate. At the hotel, Yumi asks a reluctant Takahashi to demonstrate his other powers for her.
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Ep. 7: Episode 7
Kishimoto from the TV station returns to the town on Mount Fuji Day to seek the truth about the high-speed man, who he begins to suspect is Takahashi.
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Ep. 8: Episode 8
After Kiyomi tells her friends what Murakami said about the future, they worry that Takahashi will be most affected by the hotel's eventual fate.
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Ep. 9: Episode 9
Kiyomi, Hacchi, Minapuu and Takahashi begin discussing how they can protect Takahashi's source of energy and prevent the hotel from being torn down.
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Ep. 10: Episode 10
After Takahashi is forced to escape the office empty-handed, he and the others must find another way to expose the hotel owner and mayor’s collusion.
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