The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot
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The Hot Spot

8.2 / 10
2025
1 season
10 episodes
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.

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【解禁】新日曜ドラマ 脚本:バカリズム×主演:市川実日子SPインタビュー/「ホットスポット」2025年1月スタート!

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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.

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    12-01-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    19-01-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    26-01-202545m

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

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    02-02-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    09-02-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    16-02-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 7

    7.Episode 7

    23-02-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 8

    8.Episode 8

    02-03-202545m

    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.

  • Episode 9

    9.Episode 9

    09-03-202545m

    Kiyomi, Hacchi, Minapuu and Takahashi begin discussing how they can protect Takahashi's source of energy and prevent the hotel from being torn down.

  • Episode 10

    10.Episode 10

    16-03-202545m

    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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