Well... this drama was never on my Plan to Watch list, and I don’t really know much about it. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the news somewhere about Shin Sung Rok, Lee Se Young and Ahn Bo Hyun as casts in a new drama, but I’ve never really pay attention to it, never was I interested in watching this drama. But then, after watching Lawless Lawyer that is light, predictable and maybe had a little too much romance in it, I decided to watch something heavier. Something that could blow my mind away. Something like Kairos.

I stumbled upon this title as I was searching through the tags, which I forgot what tag was it. And... the reviews were all great! So I decided to give it a watch. Dang... the first episode LITERALLY blew my mind away. Have I ever seen something so intriguing like this? No. Have I ever seen a drama that introduced their conflicts as fast as this drama did? No. Am I loving this drama? Yes yes yes.

I think out of all the dramas I’ve watched, only both seasons of Secret Forest would be suitable if compared with Kairos. I rated both seasons of Secret Forest a 10, only because I haven’t seen Kairos. Kairos is truly truly an underrated gem, if Secret Forest deserves a 10, this deserves an 11! In Secret Forest, we can’t really feel the connection between characters since the main character, Hwang Si Mok, can’t really show any feelings. But here on Kairos, you’ll see beautiful relationships: starting from the friendship of the trio (Han Ae Ri, Im Geon Wook, Park Soo Jung), a mother-daughter relationship (Han Ae Ri and her mom), father-daughter relationship (Kim Seo Jin and Kim Da Bin) and just the teamwork between the main leads (Kim Seo Jin and Han Ae Ri). Most thriller dramas would often focus on solving the mystery, take revenge on the antagonists, some may part ways in the end showing that they have fully move on from the conflicting days. But this drama focuses more about cherishing every moments with their loved ones, and to mainly educate viewers to never regret anything going on in their lives.

There are times when we feel like going back to the past to fix some moments we regret. But apparently it’s not the best option. We see here in Kairos that connecting with the past didn’t solve any of their problems, but complicates them more.

The acting here in this drama, could be summed up to 1 word: EXTRAORDINARY. This drama could make you tear up then boil up in only split seconds. That’s how GOOD the acting really is. My first time watching Shin Sung Rok, Lee Se Young, Ahn Bo Hyun, Kang Seung Yoon, Nam Gyu Ri (and actually many more) as “important” / main characters and I’m astonished by their acting!

The storyline was written perfectly in my opinion. There weren’t any plotholes, no confusing storyline eventhough it’s mainly about time travel which could be very confusing at times. I must admit that some parts of the episode somewhere in the middle could be a little unentertaining, but the writers managed to make a super duper cool plot twist in each ending of the episode, making the viewers more curious about what’s coming next. Never have I seen plot twists as much and as beautiful as the plot twists in this one. The producers and the screenwriters did an awesome job with this drama!

The cinematography was TOP NOTCH. They took every scene with the percect angle, the editing made it even more awesome. So beautiful.

Overall, a 10/10, an 15/10 if I could. Kudos to every staff and each of the casts! You all ACED this drama! Truly an excellent drama to start my 2021. Let’s meet again if I’ll ever rewatch! ♥️