As an American, it's possible that my views on high school, and the culture I grew up in, are affecting the way I view this series. But, that being said, no matter how many times I take a deep breath and reopen this series up on VIZ, I can't get through a chapter without deciding to stop reading.

This story is about a family who decides to go to high school at the same school as their son. From the perspective of someone who has already lived through high school days, the thought of having family go to school is an excruciatingly painful vision. Maybe, from the intended target audience of middle schoolers or high schoolers, the concept may actually be quite humorous (and Japanese readers might have different thoughts on high school), but, in my eyes, this series is hard to read from the very start.

Pros:

One of the very few series where I struggle to find positives; if I needed to pick at least one thing to put here, it would be the artwork. The pacing is good, and the artwork is somewhat minimalist, so it fits well with the jokes that are dotted throughout ( but while they were jokes, I didn't laugh at any of them).

Cons:

The plot of the story sets this manga into a deep hole, which the author isn't able to dig himself out of (in my opinion). Having an entire family attend high school with their kid, like I mentioned before, is an excruciating experience, so, in order to compensate, the mangaka should have included outlets that allow the reader to feel relief from the cringe (and moments of understanding, because I still have no idea why a family would attend high school in the first place). The author attempts to make this scenario lighthearted by having the family perform tasks and fit in with the students, but at the end of every chapter, I'm still plagued by the same questions: how can the father and mother both, on a whim, have a dream to go to high school, and then do it with no questions? How can the entire family begin to acclimate into the school without serious protesting from students? My inability to escape from these questions, while also not experiencing any laughs or smiles, made me feel extremely drained.

To end this review, let me just say that this series could be liked by other people. Unfortunately, for me, I could not get over the premise, and the humor only seemed to instigate my distaste for the lack of explanation as to why the family is there in the first place. My advice to anyone wanting to read this story is this: if you don't like it at first, the manga doesn't change, so stop while you can. If you like it, keep going.