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I was wondering why 自分たち is used instead of, let's say トールたち or another personal pronoun to refer to Tohru and Co.
for context: Tohru and Co just finished performing a stage play. They managed it pull it off without help and Kobayashi is praising her.
自分たちだけで is used with the meaning of "all by yourselves".
自分で is often used in situations where you would use a reflexive pronoun in English, for example
自分でできた
I managed (to do it) by myself / She managed (to do it) by herself / etc.
where the translation of course depends on the context.
In 自分たちだけで
