The sixth episode of the drama series "The Hot Spot" (Nippon TV, Sunday 10:30 pm) starring actress Ichikawa Mikako was broadcast on February 16th. In the episode, Nakamoto (Kayo Noro), a former colleague of Kiyomi (Ichikawa) who works at a business hotel and was fired from the hotel for stealing a TV in the first episode, reappeared, causing a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In episode 6, Kiyomi, who was gathered at a local restaurant with Hazuki (Suzuki Anne) and Minami (Hiraiwa Kami) at night, receives a call from Ayano (Kinami Haruka). The three of them are invited by Ayano to go to a snack bar owned by her classmate Noriko (MEGUMI).
Kiyomi, who entered Noriko's bar for the first time, is surprised to learn that the employee, Mizuki (Shida Mirai), is Yumi's (Kaho) childhood friend. As they are enjoying reminiscing, Kiyomi returns from the bathroom and sees her former colleague, Nakamoto, singing karaoke...
In the same episode, Kiyomi is surprised to see Nakamoto singing "CAT'S EYE", the theme song sung by Anri in the TV anime "Cat's Eye", and begins to worry that Nakamoto may not have noticed that she was there to report the theft of the TV to the manager, Okuda (Naoki Tanaka). Kiyomi thinks, "He probably hasn't noticed. No matter how strong-minded a person is, he can't sing "CAT'S EYE" in front of a colleague who got fired for stealing... it's a song from a thieving anime." However, Nakamoto actually knows Kiyomi's existence and calls out to her after Minami and the others leave. Kiyomi learns that Nakamoto has noticed her from the beginning and murmurs to herself, "He's scary. He has a mentality of steel."
On social media, Nakamoto's reappearance and her passionate rendition of "CAT'S EYE" was met with a flood of excited comments. Comments such as "I'm happy to see Nakamoto-san back," "His reappearance is too hot," "I burst out laughing at Kayo Noro's Cat's Eye lol," "She's so mentally strong it's scary lol," "It's so funny to hear her sing Cat's Eye," and "Her passionate rendition of Cat's Eye really gets to me" were posted, attracting a lot of attention.
