<p><strong>Theory 1</strong>: As <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/28281/why-does-moral-shoot-through-a-pillow#comment39583_28281">senshin mentioned</a> this is likely meant as a silencer, or suppressor, for the gun.</p>

<p>It seems to be a pretty popular belief that shooting through a pillow would dampen the sound of the gun. I can't find any reliable information on this unfortunately, only some videos that show <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NJ-0MePb4g" rel="nofollow noreferrer">some</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/cnMeTlXsXC8?t=75" rel="nofollow noreferrer">effect</a>. However, the decibel values from the first video are roughly in line with what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor#Effectiveness" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia says</a> is a typical dampening achieved by a real suppressor, i.e. around 130dB which is still very loud. In the end the sound levels also depend on many other things such as sub- or supersonic bullets or the firing mechanism as discussed <a href="http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/mpmain.html#Sound" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Theory 2</strong>: A pillow could be used to contain splatter, in particular keep it off the shooter's clothes.</p>

<p>The latter doesn't really fit the distance between target and pillow in the image and since you say the sound effect is muffled in the anime, Theory 1 seems to be what they were going for.</p>

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mivilar
<p>In the episode 4, Moral is shooting someone through a pillow with his golden gun.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/pH5WW.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pH5WW.png" alt="pillow"></a></p>

<p>Why did he do this instead of directly shooting on the guy?</p>

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2015-12-24T00:57:17.577Z
Makeshift silencer, maybe? Is the sound of gunfire muffled in that scene?
senshin
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2015-12-24T00:59:13.717Z
Does pillow work this way with guns? Oo After re-watching, yes it is muffled
Ikaros
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2015-12-24T00:59:50.740Z
Lol, probably not in real life, but this is _anime_, mate.
senshin
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2015-12-24T01:01:09.723Z
I could have thought :p
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Why does Moral shoot through a pillow?
# Why does Moral shoot through a pillow?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-12-24
In the episode 4, Moral is shooting someone through a pillow with his golden gun.

[![pillow](https://i.sstatic.net/pH5WW.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/pH5WW.png)

Why did he do this instead of directly shooting on the guy?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Makeshift silencer, maybe? Is the sound of gunfire muffled in that scene?  
> **username_0**: Does pillow work this way with guns? Oo After re-watching, yes it is muffled  
> **username_1**: Lol, probably not in real life, but this is _anime_, mate.  
> **username_0**: I could have thought :p  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-24. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
**Theory 1**: As [senshin mentioned](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/28281/why-does-moral-shoot-through-a-pillow#comment39583_28281) this is likely meant as a silencer, or suppressor, for the gun.

It seems to be a pretty popular belief that shooting through a pillow would dampen the sound of the gun. I can't find any reliable information on this unfortunately, only some videos that show [some](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NJ-0MePb4g) [effect](https://youtu.be/cnMeTlXsXC8?t=75). However, the decibel values from the first video are roughly in line with what [Wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor#Effectiveness) is a typical dampening achieved by a real suppressor, i.e. around 130dB which is still very loud. In the end the sound levels also depend on many other things such as sub- or supersonic bullets or the firing mechanism as discussed [here](http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/mpmain.html#Sound).

**Theory 2**: A pillow could be used to contain splatter, in particular keep it off the shooter's clothes.

The latter doesn't really fit the distance between target and pillow in the image and since you say the sound effect is muffled in the anime, Theory 1 seems to be what they were going for.
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