Ballroom e Youkoso

[Buffalobiian]

The question is why you think it's not excusable, considering that she never could train to follow.

Because the basic idea of following - is to move however your leader wants you to.
You may do the job poorly and get things wrong (as Chinatsu does), but never forget this basic fact. Never stop trying to follow.

As soon as she pushed Tatara with her body to make him follow her, she lost all respect from me during that episode. She stopped trying to follow and began ignoring her leader.

During the flashback you could see that the only training she has done as a follow was dancing by herself.

She's been practicing with Tatara, who also notes that she didn't dance as she did during practice. All she has to do is emulate practice - what's what competitions are about. She got "fired up", as Ryll would put it, and started dancing on her own.

To do that, is to fundamentally forgo your role. I'd say it's more akin to putting your goalkeeper on the field, say "your one job is to never use your hands", and they use their hands. That's how basic it is. Being "fired up" doesn't cut it.

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