The Hot Spot — Season 1

Aired 12 January 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 19 January 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 26 January 2025 • 45 min

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

Aired 2 February 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 9 February 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 16 February 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 23 February 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 2 March 2025 • 45 min

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.

Aired 9 March 2025 • 45 min

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

Aired 16 March 2025 • 45 min

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.