Have you heard of the “prophetic manga artist” whose dreams allegedly foresee disasters? Today—July 30, 2025—Japan awoke to a chilling realization: his decade-old prediction may have come true.
⚠️ The Disaster Unfolds
At dawn, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake (some reports say 8.8) struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, over 1,000 km from Japan. Despite the distance:
- Tsunami warnings blanketed Japan’s entire coast
- Coastal residents evacuated in panic
- TV networks broke into emergency broadcasts
- Eerie mass whale strandings occurred in Chiba
🔮 The Prediction That Went Viral
As “#TsunamiWarning” trended, another hashtag exploded: #Ryuuki Ryo—the manga artist who documented a prophetic dream in his book The Future I Saw.
Key details from his 2022 work:
- He dreamed of a “compound disaster” (earthquake + tsunami + volcanic activity)
- Specifically noted “July 2025” as the timeframe
- Not July 5—a common misinterpretation (that was the date he had the dream)
🌊 Eerie Parallels
Japanese netizens noted uncanny overlaps:
- Timing: Occurred in late July 2025
- Disaster cocktail: Quakes + tsunami alerts + volcanic rumblings
- Biological omen: Whale strandings (associated with seismic shifts)
Social media reactions:
“This hits right at July’s end… Ryuuki Ryo predicted it!”
“Quakes, tsunami, volcanoes—just like his manga!”
“Never underestimate Japanese manga artists.”
“Ryo must be gazing at the ocean right now, smiling knowingly.”
🤔 Skeptics Push Back
Critical voices highlighted discrepancies:
- Epicenter was Russia (not Japan’s Kantō region as implied)
- No major casualties in Japan (so far)
- Prediction lacked specifics like location/magnitude
📖 The Prophetic Manga: The Future I Saw
- Published in 2022 as a “dream diary” of Ryuuki’s visions
- Contains 15+ disaster premonitions (3 reportedly “came true” before 2025)
- The July 2025 warning was his most precise timeline
🌅 Aftermath: Coincidence or Clairvoyance?
Today’s quake feels like an answer to Ryuuki’s riddle. Yet the debate rages:
- Believers: See patterns in nature others miss
- Scientists: Cite “retroactive pattern-matching” (confirmation bias)
“May every ‘prophecy’ remain a false alarm—never a wake-up call to tragedy.”
― Closing lines of Ryuuki’s manga