2013, Emily Morris, "Review: Pacific Rim and feminism", The Merionite (Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, Pennsylvania), Volume 85, Issue 1, 16 September 2013, page 8:
The Mako Mori test, as it was deemed, can be passed if a movie has: 1) At least one female character, who 2) gets her own narrative arc, that is 3) not about supporting a man's story.
2013, Ryan Syrek, "She Needed Her Space", The Reader, Volume 20, Number 35, 10 October 2013 - 16 October 2013, page 22:
But what stood out most to me was how the film [Gravity] proves we need The Mako Mori Test.
2014, Nicky Vaught, "The Bechdel test isn't enough", The Technician (North Carolina State Univeristy), 15 October 2014, page 4:
[…] and the Mako Mori test, which measures whether at least one female character has her own narrative arc that is not about supporting a man's.
2015, Lani Gerbi, "The Bechdel Sword in the Stone", On Dit (Adelaide University), Volume 83, Issue 7, 15 July 2015, page 19:
It [Run Lola Run] does pass the Mako Mori test though, because Lola is motivated by her boyfriend's safety, her actions do not always impact his story arc.
2015, Charlotte Hann, "Feminist Fandom", Salient (Victoria University of Wellington), Volume 78, Issue 19, 17 August 2015, page 30:
Below is just one take, and uses the established Bechdel and Mako Mori tests to assess whether a work is feminist/representative.