If Charm Person fails...

[Yuki Akuma]

I know what the short hand means, thank you very much.

Thus I asking for a quote, in case you didn't know.

See succeeding on a saving throw, and from now on just trust that when five people quote a rule they know what the hell they're talking about.

So, yeah. That's not breaking the fourth wall. That is, in fact, the way non-physical magic works in the setting.