...The funeral, standing with a small knot of Hibikis and Kuonjis 
and one madly sobbing Tofu as the caskets, mercifully closed, were 

Now how can Tofu sob so much if he doesn't have a chest cavity?  

Because the sobbing Tofu isn't Ono, it's his mother.

But her name is Kin Ono ... Tofu's her son...

Kun-chan...