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The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot
★ 8.3/10•2025•45m•TV-PG•Comedy•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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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.

Itaru Mizuno · Director

Bakarhythm · Screenplay

Yamada Nobuyoshi · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageJA
First Air DateJan 12, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E145m

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.

Jan 12, 2025

Episode 2 - Episode 2E245m

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.

Jan 19, 2025

Episode 3 - Episode 3E345m

Episode 3

Kiyomi and her friends run into an old classmate while lunching with Takahashi. Some unexpected events threaten to expose Takahashi's identity.

Jan 26, 2025

Episode 4 - Episode 4E445m

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.

Feb 2, 2025

Episode 5 - Episode 5E545m

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.

Feb 9, 2025

Episode 6 - Episode 6E645m

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.

Feb 16, 2025

Episode 7 - Episode 7E745m

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.

Feb 23, 2025

Episode 8 - Episode 8E845m

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.

Mar 2, 2025

Episode 9 - Episode 9E945m

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.

Mar 9, 2025

Episode 10 - Episode 10E1045m

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.

Mar 16, 2025

Actors

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Endo Kiyomi / "Ki"

Akihiro Kakuta

Akihiro Kakuta

Takahashi Kosuke

Anne Suzuki

Anne Suzuki

Hazuki Nakamura

Kami Hiraiwa

Kami Hiraiwa

Minami Hibino

Kaho

Kaho

Yumi Isomura

Naoki Tanaka

Naoki Tanaka

Takahiro Okuda

Kayo Noro

Kayo Noro

Kozue Nakamoto

Maki Sakai

Maki Sakai

Eri Sawada

Moeno Sumida

Moeno Sumida

Wakaba Endo

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumio Murakami

Haruka Kinami

Haruka Kinami

Ayano Okada

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Yuma Kishimoto

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Masako Umemoto

Sumire Ashina

Sumire Ashina

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