The Hot Spot

Since I love everything Japanese I jumped into this production after seeing the Netflix thumbnail with the spaceship hovering above Mount Fuji!

Expecting a scifi spectacle what I got was a low key women's coffee klatsch that includes an alien with some superpowers, nothing extreme mind you. Little things like being able to run really fast, lift a car out of a hole and get down volleyballs stuck in a ceiling at a school gym!

I love the environment, it's soothing and you wish you could be there with the women and have a parfait looking out the window and see snow covered mount Fuji!

The genius of this series lies in the mundane conversations that are sometimes outright hysterical. Also in some scenes the women can be heard thinking. What makes it so funny is that we all have been in the situations these women describe and are dealing with! For instance, going shopping and not remembering if you got that salad dressing last time shopping and convincing yourself you did and coming home to open the fridge and there is no dressing but you bought another pack of Tofu you already had. The characters are endearing and lovable. We get to know a little more about everyday life of a Japanese person which we realize is just about the same as what most of us experience! I had 5 episodes at my disposal and went through them in one evening. Wholeheartedly recommend this series , it's the closest I came to since Tokyo midnight diner!