Bakarhythm
Director
The Hot Spot (2025)
Season 1
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.
Released Jan. 12, 2025
Episode 45 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
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Watch Providers: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Production Companies: Nippon Television Network Corporation
Network: Nippon TV
S1E1 - 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, midnight
S1E2 - 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, midnight
S1E3 - 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, midnight
S1E4 - 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, midnight
S1E5 - 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, midnight
S1E6 - 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, midnight
S1E7 - 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, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
March 2, 2025, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
March 9, 2025, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
March 16, 2025, midnight
Network: Nippon TV
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 450 min.
Released: Jan. 12, 2025
Last Air Date: March 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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