I’ve watched episode 1 of the new “Halation Love” and I have to say I'm still not even sure what’s going on! At first seemingly like a highschool-drama, it quickly became more of a suspense/mystery show. Guess the ecchy green tint should have been my first hint!
Story involves a girl named Akari Miyama working part time at her family's Photography Shop while juggling school.
One day, a quiet and morose man named Kyosuke Asami (Hikaru Takahashi) brings in a very old roll of film which he wants developed. She warns him that when film is old, there can be defects to the negatives, but he gives the go ahead.
After developing it and printing the photos, she is pleased to find they have turned out OK. Additionally, the pictures spark a sense of nostalgia within her and she recognizes some of the places in them!
Meanwhile, at school things are happening, with Akari constantly being hit on by a man named Makita (Kaito Yoshimura), though she shows no interest. She IS shocked, however, by the return of an old childhood friend of hers, a guy named Fujiwara (Hayate Ichinose). Though she's known him her whole life, even he has secrets he may be harboring....
And after all these things have passed, strange things begin happening to Akari, things that she cannot explain. Who may be behind the bizarre events she has no idea.
I’ve liked pretty Hikaru Takahashi her ever since her adorable turn as the quirky cosplaying Akiho Harada in “Takane No Hana” back in 2018, and it’s nice to see her in a lead effort, but I must admit, this drama has so far not really piqued my interest. 
Hopefully it develops as the show goes on….