You might want to start paying attention to Ryo Tatsuki's predictions, as one of her most chilling prophecies has just come true.
The Japanese manga artist, 70, has been dubbed the 'new Baba Vanga' thanks to her supposed ability to see into the future.
She claims to have foreseen events including the coronavirus pandemic, the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, and the 2011 tsunami and earthquake which shook the region of Tohoku in Japan.
Tatsuki has now just cemented her clout on the psychic scene, as it appears as though her vision about another disaster wreaking havoc on her home country was correct.
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For those who haven't heard of Japan's answer to the late mystic Baba Vanga, let us fill you in on her lore.
Who is Ryo Tatsuki?
Tatsuki is a manga artist who started jotting down her dreams all the way back in 1985 after her mother gave her a notebook, which she later turned into manga.
It turns out that the visions which filled her head while she was snoozing were a bit weightier than the average person's, though.
And instead of keeping her alleged knowledge all to herself, Tatsuki shared the details of the chaos which unfolded in her dreams with the world in 1999 when she published her book, The Future I Saw.
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In a reprint of the manga which was released in 2021, Tatsuki explained how she once saw a catastrophic turn of events erupt underwater while she was sleeping.
What was Ryo Tatsuki's warning for 2025?
In a passage in The Future I Saw dedicated to discussing the devastation which she believed was bound for Japan, Tatsuki wrote: "The ocean floor between Japan and the Philippines will crack.
"Huge waves will rise in all directions. Tsunamis will devastate the Pacific Rim countries.
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"A tsunami three times higher than that of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 will strike the southwest of the country."
The author claimed that the seas around southern Japan would 'boil' on 5 July, 2025 - and although she's about 25 days too late, Tatsuki really wasn't that far off.
Today, (30 July) numerous countries on the Pacific coast were told to brace for a tsunami after one of the most powerful earthquakes that the world has ever seen erupted in Russia.
How did people react to Tatsuki's prediction?
Given that she's got a decent track record for predicting big events correctly, a lot of people took heed of Tatsuki's prior warning.
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Scores of travellers overhauled their itineraries after getting wind of her prediction, with NDTV reporting that there has been an 83 percent drop in flight bookings to Japan.
Bloomberg Intelligence also suggest that average bookings from Hong Kong are down 50 percent year-on-year, too.
Officials in the southwest of Japan then issued statements encouraging people not to listen to the 'unscientific rumours' circulating online.
Yoshihiro Murai, the governor of Miyagi prefecture, told journalists at a press conference in May: "It would be a major problem if the spread of unscientific rumours on social media affected tourism.
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"There is no reason to worry because the Japanese are not fleeing abroad. I hope people will ignore the rumours and visit."
But given the events that have unfolded over the last 24 hours, it seems Tatsuki really was onto something.
However, she did attempt to distance herself from the claim, as according to Japanese outlet The Sankei Shimbun (via Metro), she said: "I was unhappy that it was published primarily based on the publisher’s wishes.
"I vaguely remember mentioning it, but it appears to have been hurriedly written during a rush of work."
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Countries along the Pacific Coast - such as Japan, China, the Philippines, Chile, Indonesia, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico and parts of the US, including Hawaii, California and Alaska - are bracing for a tsunami.
Waves which were over 5ft in height have already hit Hawaii, while experts have warned that the nations won't be out of the woods for a few days yet, at the very least.
Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator with the National Tsunami Warning Centre in Alaska, explained: "A tsunami is not just one wave. It’s a series of powerful waves over a long period of time. Tsunamis cross the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour - as fast as a jet aeroplane - in deep water. But when they get close to the shore, they slow down and start to pile up.
"And that’s where that inundation problem becomes a little bit more possible there.
"In this case, because of the Earth basically sending out these huge ripples of water across the ocean, they’re going to be moving back and forth for quite a while."
The tsunami warnings were issued in the hours after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Russia's Far East at 11.25am local time on Wednesday (30 July), sparking widespread floods and leaving several people with minor injuries.
What are people saying about Tatsuki now?
In wake of Tatsuki's prophecy seemingly coming true, social media users have been sharing their thoughts online.
One person said in a post on X: "Can we talk about Ryo Tatsuki accurately predicting that this tsunami would happen on July 2025 in her manga which was published decades ago? Insane."
Another wrote: "A curious thing. Manga writer Ryo Tatsuki is right again with her predictions."
A third added: "It was my first thought, 7 months ago I saw a video about it. The only problem is that the prediction was for July 5th. But well, it was wrong on the day but not on the month apparently."
A fourth said: "The prophecy is coming true! Ryo Tatsuki already predicted this!"
While a fifth chimed in: "It is still July...Ryo Tatsuki prediction looks alive...Tsunami hitting Japan."
Topics: Environment, Weird, World News, Conspiracy Theory
Olivia Burke