Easily one of Tatara’s greatest strengths comes in the form of how quick he can master dance moves. Within his first night ever dancing, he learns a beginner’s move in less than 24 hours of practice. Even Sengoku—who’s been dancing for quite some time—is utterly amazed by this skill. There is another strength to Tatara’s quick learning style. Now let’s look at what that exactly is.

In episode 3, Tatara finds himself in quite a predicament. After Kiyoharu Hyoudou in the competition disappears, Sengoku decides to use a last ditch effort to avoid him losing from the competition. This means that Tatara is thrown in as a body double/replacement. Luckily, because Tatara had shown the ability to mirror Kiyoharu’s dancing routine—this was seen in episode 2—Sengoku hoped he could do his routine without issue. While we won’t spoil how the competition went down, we will say that how Tatara performed shows his abilities to learn dancing without an issue and will become amazing in the future.

Tatara may be introverted and quite shy, that doesn’t mean he treats others poorly. In fact, in several episode, Tatara’s compassion can be seen strongly. Not only does this apply to his fellow dancers but his partners as well. As we see from other characters in Ballroom e Youkoso—namely Akagi Gaju—they don’t care about hurting the feelings of other dancers. Tatara however isn’t like this and we have the episode to prove of his kind nature. We will prove why Tatara Fujita is a kind soul in a series with some rather cruel people.

In the episode where Tatara meets Mako Akagi—which is episode 5—they begin to dance for the first time together. During the dance both Mako and Tatara lose their footing and Mako’s back is aimed directly for the floor. Tatara uses his quick reflexes and turns Mako around so he lands back first rather than her. In episode 6, we also see Tatara talk with Mako on the phone encouraging her that together they will be fine. Tatara cares and thus why we care about him as well.

As we learn from Sengoku very on in Ballroom e Youkoso, switching partners is pretty tough. The reason being is that partners gain an understanding of each other. As they spend time together, they form a bond that makes their moves stronger without the need of communication at a verbal level. Despite that, since Tatara has yet find his own partner—though we hope it will be Mako—Tatara switched between Shizuku and Mako. While this should be an issue for most, we see that Tatara is able to somehow pull this issue off.

Thanks in part to his ability to master other’s dancing routines—as we mentioned earlier—Tatara can mimic the moves needed to partner up with anyone. This is proven in episode 3 when Tatara was used as a replacement partner for Shizuku. While his nerves caused some issues ultimately he was able to still maneuver in a similar way to Kiyoharu. This impresses not only Sengoku but his other teachers like Banba Karen. We don’t know what’s in store next for the series of Ballroom e Youkoso but we can at least say that Tatara won’t be a hindrance for any dancer that he may get partnered with.

If you’re going to be in any sport whether it be shogi or ballroom dancing, you need to have a competitive nature. Sure being competitive can be a bad quality in some people—look at Gaju to see a bad way of being competitive—in Tatara’s case, it’s actually a very redeeming quality. Tatara wants to prove himself as a capable dancer and will not falter—which that latter remark we will discuss later in this article—which makes Tatara the type of guy who wants to win because he doesn’t want to disappoint others. Now you may need some convincing but don’t worry, we here at Honey’s Anime always have the means of backing up our thoughts with some evidence for the people we think are awesome.

In episode 1 and in episode 9, we see Tatara’s competitive nature. Not many people—especially those new to a sport or a skill—would spend hours doing the same thing with minimal breaks. However, Tatara in episode 1, literally stays at the dance studio all night—which surprises Sengoku—to practice what he taught him. Then in episode 9, we see Tatara at the competition want to outdo his performance from earlier in the competition. This just shows you that Tatara is someone who doesn’t need to be motivated but wishes to do better because he wants to show the world what his dancing looks like. Trust us folks, we are always in awe ourselves when Tatara dances on the ballroom floor.

When you’re mastering a new skill or sport, things won’t always be easy even for those who are quick to adapt like Tatara. There will be times where you will fail horribly and it will cause you to second guess yourself strongly. Luckily in the case of Tatara, his failings while they do hit home at times, aren’t a means of stopping his progression in the series of Ballroom e Youkoso. If you need to be shown some proof of this because you’re just in utter disbelief, we have the best episode to prove how Tatara can get back on his feet no matter what. The episode we’re going to be looking at is episode 8.

During episode 8, Tatara has a bit of a mental breakdown during the competition that literally makes him fall to the floor. The painful realization that others in the ballroom have been dancing their whole lives while Tatara has only danced for several weeks makes Tatara feel inadequate and he wishes strongly that he would have begun dancing at an earlier age. However, with some help from his once rival and fellow dance student Kiyoharu, Tatara realizes that his lack of skill doesn’t allow him to stop dancing. If Tatara wants to be a great dancer, he needs to rely on his partner—in this case, Mako—to show his moves and become a stronger lead dancer. Tatara bounces back on his feet and in the following episode dances the best he’s danced in the whole series, though this in our opinion.