I keep referring to this in my head as "Yozakura Quartet," which is an entirely different series... (incidentally, one I've been meaning to read for ages, as I like the artist's work on Digimon and MegaTen). I also sometimes mistakenly refer to fellow Jump action-comedy Sakamoto Days as "Sakamoto Family," in part because that one also has a "family" theme for its cast (and, I guess, the existence of non-action High School Family makes me think "if two manga have 'family' in the title, then three manga could...!").
Mission: Yozakura Family reminds me a lot of Katekyo Hitman Reborn, not necessarily because the basic plot is about an everyman getting dragged into a criminal family, but because it kind of just... "exists." That is, on /a/ you'd have people dump scans of new chapters of Jump manga, and it seems like YozaFam would often be neglected. The image I had in my mind was one of "a manga few people read, and so skates by on being inoffensive," or something. From what little I know, Reborn! was somewhat popular among fujoshi, and otherwise shat the bed with trying to be a "serious" battle manga after its humorous beginning, but as far as I saw in America it was a bit of a non-entity. Not unlike D. Gray-Man, maybe, or I might personally say Hikaru no Go, which appeared in VIZ's monthly print version of Shonen Jump in America, and which I almost always skipped, favoring the more action-focused series like Dragon Ball, Yu Yu Hakusho, Shaman King, Naruto, &c. Part of the reason I even started YozaFam was because of the "it exists" meme, but also more generally because I wanted to catch up on all currently-running series in Weekly Jump; I specifically opted to start this versus Undead Unluck because I feared I might enjoy this less than the other, and so wanted to make sure I got to it first, lest I later feel overwhelmed with juggling too many series and opt not to pick it up....
This was pretty good, and I'm interested in continuing the manga, but I'm a little apprehensive. I thought the first volume of Sakamoto Days was nearly perfect, but it started to feel almost "rote" as the manga continued, and I'm afraid a similar thing might happen here. We already have one of the Yozakura siblings doing crazy shit with strings, not terribly far from a One Piece Doflamingo or Hunter x Hunter Machi, though our only "villain" so far (as the strings-guy played an antagonistic role earlier, but wasn't a villain) doesn't seem as extravagant in his own skillset. Will future enemies have crazier powers? Surely they must. But how far will Gondaira-sensei go? Will we stick with near-future sci-fi spy tech, or advance into paranormal abilities? Time will tell. I'd prefer we not get as zany as "people with weapons built into their flesh," as happens in SakaDays, as I'd like to have this series stand more on its own. Perhaps the closest comparison is actually Spy x Family? In which case I must say I feel this manga differentiates itself very well.
The grey streak in Mutsumi's hair looks kind of weird to me in black-and-white. Maybe it'd be better if it had more lines in it? It just looks more like a clip-on extension or something. Oh, well, I guess it could work better if it started from her roots, now that I think about it.
I found it difficult to focus in Chapter 4. The cold OL, Katai-sensei.... Her pantyhose.... Her thighs in that panel when she's kneeling before the safe...!!!
The hacker sister is cute, too. I like her bare legs in Chapter 7, when she's sitting on a drone.
I think I use my "thriller" tag/shelf to mean "action-genre that's not based on fisticuffs and ki blasts"...