Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-25086632-20160225002519

73.Anon.52 wrote:

Master Moridin wrote: In the oldest most original version Mulan lives. odd... I would think that was like the second version, as eastern cultures have a lot of rules/oath/honor above life. There was nothing for her to make a choice over in the original. She gained high merit, refused reward, and then retired. The Disney version is actually closer to the original than the most popular one is, although in the original Ballad her comrades don't learn she's a woman until after she's returned home.