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, Kiyomi (Ichikawa), who works at a business hotel, is driving to a classmate's snack bar in a car driven by her friend "Ayanyan", Okada Ayano (Kinami Haruka), and Ayano's comments there caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In the sixth episode, Kiyomi finishes work and takes advantage of her daughter Wakaba's (Sumita Moeno) sleepover to gather with Hazuki (Suzuki Anne) and Minami (Hiraiwa Kami) at a local restaurant in the evening. As they are enjoying reminiscing about their classmate Minoken, who used to wear short sleeves and shorts even in winter, they receive a call from Ayano. Kiyomi and the others are invited by Ayano to go to classmate Noriko's (MEGUMI) snack bar for the first time... and so the story unfolds.
In the story, on the way to Noriko's snack bar, Ayano, who is driving, leaves some dorayaki with Kiyomi, asking her to give it to Takahashi (Akihiro Kakuta), who had helped her out in the past. During the car ride, the story turns to how Takahashi saved Kiyomi's life when she was almost hit by a car. Ayano is surprised, and Minami blurts out, "He must be an alien. He's like an alien."
Kiyomi and the others finally accept the fact that Takahashi is an alien, but Ayano simply accepts it, saying, "Well, I guess there are people like that." Ayano then questions whether it was okay to give him dorayaki as a thank you gift, but when Kiyomi assures her, "I think it's okay, you should like it," she smiles and says, "That's good then. Well, dorayaki are delicious on any planet," and drives off in the car.
On social media, many people were paying attention to Ayano's last words in the car. Comments such as "Dorayaki are delicious on every planet...?", "How does she know about other planets? Is Ayanan an alien too? Just joking?", "Is Okada definitely an alien too?", "I can't help but be curious about her "on every planet" comment, "Ayanan must be a life form that knows that dorayaki is popular with everyone on planets other than Earth...", and "I wonder if Ayanan is an alien too?" were posted and became a hot topic.
