The Hot Spot
TV Series2025 · 1 season · 10 episodes · Ended

The Hot Spot

Taste attributes: comedysci-fi & fantasymonster/alien/supernaturalscience fictionfresh & originalunsavourylightimaginarysimpleglossy

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, inventive sci-fi series: simple and stylish. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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Quality rating

8.3 /10

TMDB · 32 votes

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Seasons

Season 1

· 2025 · 10 episodes

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 (10)
  1. 1Episode 112 Jan 2025

    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.

  2. 2Episode 219 Jan 2025

    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.

  3. 3Episode 326 Jan 2025

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

  4. 4Episode 42 Feb 2025

    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.

  5. 5Episode 59 Feb 2025

    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.

  6. 6Episode 616 Feb 2025

    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.

  7. 7Episode 723 Feb 2025

    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.

  8. 8Episode 82 Mar 2025

    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.

  9. 9Episode 99 Mar 2025

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

  10. 10Episode 1016 Mar 2025

    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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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
2025
Episode length
45 min
Status
Ended
Studio
Nippon Television Network Corporation
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