

In episode 5 of _Koutetsujou no Kabaneri_ , the jet bullets are presented —
freshly developed based on Ikoma's explosive-steam hybrid gun. However, Mumei
has her steam-powered pistols from the beginning and is also able to kill
Kabane with one shot.

Since the blades on her pistol are reinforced with Kabane "fabric" I assume
someone else had similar ideas regarding the improvement of anti-Kabane
weapons, and that this is the reason why Mumei's pistols are that strong,
though I'd say using explosives to improve the gun force is still quite
unusual idea for a steam powered world. But even if we say Ikoma wasn't the
first one with these ideas, why isn't anybody else using this technology?


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How come Mumei's pistols can kill Kabane?


As you know and heard of, Mumei is a kabeneri (half- human and half- kabane).
And apparently, once you become a kabeneri, your abilities as a human
increases vastly. For example, your speed and strength increases. Remember,
when she talks with Ikuma inside the train, she says "if I remove the ribbon
around my neck, I could use my real abilities". But she doesn't usually
removes it, because as a side effect, she get's exhausted and sleepy. And also
Mumei is seen in the anime as one skilled with martial arts. Therefore, due to
her enhanced abilities- thx to kabane virus, it helps her to get Insta kill
with her pistols. And also the ammunition which she uses are normal bullets
and they are limited.

I think this helped you in finding your answer and for more information about
her, visit the link below.

<http://koutetsujou-no-kabaneri.wikia.com/wiki/Mumei>


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First, let's establish whether the kabane died. I think all kabane killed
through penetrating the heart has the blue spark animation. All other kabane
are either not killed or killed through means like cutting off the head. Mumei
has only fought with pistol for a few episodes so far.

Episode 2: There is only one kabane killed by one shot and by the speed of the
motion, an earlier shot is implied. All other kabane are either killed by two
or more shots or impaled by other objects while being shot. It seems to imply
that first shot break the metal cage and second shot destroy the heart. The
pistol is either slightly more powerful than rifles or are at the same level.
However, no human are able to shoot twice at the same spot, thus no kills were
made. That might also be the reason there are two pistols in the setup. This
may be achieved through improved senses by the kabane virus.

Episode 4: Kabane's bones seem to be reinforced by the virus as well as the
katana seems to just bounces off a kabane's skill. This might mean that
inaccurate bullets will have no effect at all as they will hit bone. As Mumei
is jumping over the top of the train, she seems to one shot three kabanes. We
should note however, blue sparks did not appear, which means they are not dead
but probably only thrown off the train. However, later on, Mumei clearly
killed a kabane through one single shot to the heart. I assumed that is
because Ikoma upgraded Mumei's weapon, however, it is yet to be confirmed.

Episode 5: The "Young Master"'s faction is clearly aware of gunpowder weapons
as the Ear pulled out a pistol similar to real world weapon rather than steam
powered. And he is clearly aware that it can kill Kabaneri. It could be that
Mumei's faction and thus their weapons are also using gunpowder before meeting
Ikoma. In this episode, Mumei is clearly able to kill kabane in one shot,
first weakened by the explosion of suicide bombs, later in completely normal
scenario below the crane.

In conclusion, I think Mumei's gun is either as powerful or slightly more
powerful than the steam rifle. Thus needing two shots to kill kabane at the
beginning. However, starting from episode 4, Mumei's gun seems to reliably
kill kabane in one shot. I believe while being trained by Mumei, Ikoma
improved her gun. It is just like how Ikoma improved the samurai's sword and
the rest of the steam guns during episode 5.


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