The Hot Spot (Season 1)

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.

Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2025-01-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2025-01-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2025-01-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Kiyomi and her friends run into an old classmate while lunching with Takahashi. Some unexpected events threaten to expose Takahashi's identity.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2025-02-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2025-02-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2025-02-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2025-02-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2025-03-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2025-03-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2025-03-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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.