Furthermore, Mugichan doesn't just provide a structure for their band, but also provides a base for their favorite activity, tea time! She is always bringing in tea, cakes, pastries, etc. that her family receive from their many buisness associates. She provides sustenance and literal energy to her friends, always making sure their hearts and bellies are full. (Some of her most active moments, in fact, ironically, are stopping the forward motion of the group by suggesting tea breaks! A wonderful complexity!) And now to speak of another one of her important traits, the one which allowed her to shower her bandmates with sweets and hot leaf juice- her wealth. Tsumugi comes from an exorbitantly wealthy family, however she never uses her wealth in ways that feel prissy or prideful. Her supply of tea to her friends has a wholesome air of, "let us all enjoy these things together", rather than a condescending, "I am allowing you this privilege", feeling to them. In the times she brought them to her summer homes for their "training camps" she was always somewhat embarrassed about all of the extra things her family's servants did for them, being greatly bothered by a yacht showing up and having to call it off. All of that showboating would feel like pride, which is something she desperately wanted to avoid. It is clear to me that Mugichan behaves this way with her wealth for two primary reasons. The first is that she simply does not want to make her friends jealous or envious of the luxuries she has access to. The second aspect is that she is trying to avoid cultivating a relationship where they rely on her for her wealth, in essence using her in an unhealthy and unkind manner. Infact, we never even see Mugi invite the girls to her house, probably because of the two aformentioned reasons, whereas we see them constantly at Yui's place, and occasionally at Mio's and Ritsu's.
>(4/5)