Spoilers for chapter 65 of the manga.
Rain Garland, the hero of Chi Fuyo, appears to be powered by two things: enhancement magic and a complete inability to behave normally.
He makes a scene. He acts ridiculous. The story is perfectly capable of turning a serious moment into several people yelling at once, and Rain fits right in. Eventually you stop asking why. That's Rain. Someone should probably check whether his volume control has ever worked.
Then chapter 65 changes the way you see him.
As a child, Rain received little attention from his parents. He kept acting the fool because he wanted them to notice him. That habit became part of the way he behaves as an adult.[1]
Well, thanks. We were having a lovely time laughing at the local disaster.
1. Not just the funny kid: the kid who wanted to be seen
A child making faces to get a laugh is ordinary enough. But there is a difference between enjoying a joke and feeling that a joke is the only reliable way to get someone's eyes on you.
Do something silly. Hope your parent looks over. If that works, do it again. If it doesn't, perhaps go bigger.
Before long, being serious may feel more frightening than being ridiculous. This is one possible way to read Rain's childhood, not a claim that every joke has exactly the same motive.
The sad twist isn't that he learned to entertain people. It's who he was trying to entertain.
You thought you were watching a future professional clown. The audience he wanted consisted of one parent who wasn't paying attention.
2. There's one problem: everyone else is ridiculous too
If Rain were the only loud character in a quiet fantasy world, his act might stand out.
But this is Chi Fuyo.
People shout, overreact, make outrageous faces, and somehow bring the energy of a fire alarm into an ordinary conversation. The manga is chaotic even when Rain is not responsible for the chaos.
So readers see him as part of the general madness. When the entire cast is running a circus, nobody thinks to ask why the main performer learned his act.
Everybody lives in clown town. Rain just has an unexpectedly sad reason for moving there.
That is why the reveal catches you off guard. The comedy didn't warn you that one person's antics came with a childhood story.
3. An act can turn into a genuine part of someone
There's a tempting but overly simple conclusion: if Rain originally acted silly to attract attention, then all his humor is fake.
Not necessarily.
A habit can begin as a strategy and eventually become comfortable, enjoyable, or simply part of how someone connects with others. Rain also goes so absurdly far at times that calling every moment a carefully maintained performance would be giving him a suspicious amount of credit.
Contemporary reader commentary made essentially that distinction: the childhood explanation is touching, but surely a good deal of Rain's strangeness is also just Rain being Rain.[2]
His reasons for starting may be sad without every laugh afterward being a lie.
We do not need to stamp “secretly suffering” over every funny panel.
4. The joke he learned for his parents now brings friends closer
The most bittersweet detail is that Rain's clowning also helps him connect with his companions.[1]
What began as an attempt to draw attention at home becomes a way to make contact elsewhere. A silly remark might ease a tense moment. An outrageous reaction might make someone feel less alone.
That doesn't erase the original hurt. Nor does it cancel the difficulty Rain sometimes has facing things seriously.
But it does mean the story isn't simply about a sad child trapped behind a permanent mask.
A boy desperate to be noticed grows into someone who can reach other people, even by being profoundly, gloriously strange.
5. Are we still allowed to laugh at the shouting?
Of course. Chapter 65 doesn't retroactively turn Chi Fuyo into a solemn lecture on human behavior.
It adds a second layer.
Rain's nonsense can be funny. His habits can carry old pain. His friendships can give those habits new meaning. All three can be true at once.
So when the next ridiculous scream arrives, laugh. Then perhaps remember that behind this extraordinarily noisy protagonist there was once a quiet wish:
Please look at me.
That is an impressively painful surprise to hide inside such a spectacularly loud comedy.
References (3)
- Chi Fuyo character database, Rain Garland chifuyo-db.com
- Contemporary reader commentary collected in 2025 note.com
- Official Magapoke manga series page pocket.shonenmagazine.com
