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The Hot Spot

2025 Ended 45m episodes

8.3/10 34 votes

ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

Created by:: Bakarhythm
Cast:: Mikako Ichikawa, Akihiro Kakuta, Anne Suzuki, Kami Hiraiwa
Language:: Japanese
Country:: Japan
Network:: Nippon TV

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Season 1

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E01

Episode 1

2025-01-12 · 45m

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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E02

Episode 2

2025-01-19 · 45m

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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E03

Episode 3

2025-01-26 · 45m

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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E04

Episode 4

2025-02-02 · 45m

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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E05

Episode 5

2025-02-09 · 45m

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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E06

Episode 6

2025-02-16 · 45m

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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E07

Episode 7

2025-02-23 · 45m

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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