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The Hot Spot
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The Hot Spot

Sun, Jan 12, 2025
  • Comedy
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Series · Synopsis

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.

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Where to watch

Streaming on

  • Netflix↗
  • Netflix Standard with Ads↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Mikako Ichikawa
    Mikako Ichikawa
    as Endo Kiyomi / "Ki"
  • Akihiro Kakuta
    Akihiro Kakuta
    as Takahashi Kosuke
  • Anne Suzuki
    Anne Suzuki
    as Hazuki Nakamura
  • Kami Hiraiwa
    Kami Hiraiwa
    as Minami Hibino
  • Kaho
    Kaho
    as Yumi Isomura
  • Naoki Tanaka
    Naoki Tanaka
    as Takahiro Okuda
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Episodes

1 season · 10 episodes

To Be Determined · 10 aired
Season 1
10 episodes · 10 aired
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  • E1
    Daily Life with the Unknown
    Aired · Sun, Jan 12, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E2
    A Silly Request
    Aired · Sun, Jan 19, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E3
    Come Back to Life
    Aired · Sun, Jan 26, 2025 · 46m

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

  • E4
    Self-Help
    Aired · Sun, Feb 2, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E5
    Personal News
    Aired · Sun, Feb 9, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E6
    The Events of a Cold Night
    Aired · Sun, Feb 16, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E7
    Fuji Day
    Aired · Sun, Feb 23, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E8
    Future Man and Alien
    Aired · Sun, Mar 2, 2025 · 46m

    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.

  • E9
    special
    Aired · Sun, Mar 9, 2025 · 46m

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

  • E10
    Save This Town
    Aired · Sun, Mar 16, 2025 · 46m

    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.