‘The Future I Saw’: the manga that predicted a tsunami in July 2025, caused tourist cancellations and ended up coming true

However, in Ryo Tatsuki’s work, the earthquake occurs between Japan and the Philippines.

Update: Jul 31st, 2025 01:18 CEST

An earthquake with an epicenter in Kamchatka (Russia) has triggered the arrival of a tsunami and a tsunami alert in different territories. Japanese authorities have already evacuated more than 2 million people in Fukushima. Meanwhile, there has been a curious coincidence: the manga ‘The Future I Saw’, which the mangaka Ryo Tatsuki published in 1999, predicted that one of these great waves would sweep Japan in July 2025.

Earlier this month, the story began to be shared on social media, which generated some panic among the superstitious. As a result, some began to cancel their trips to Japan, especially travelers from Asian countries such as China and Thailand.

‘The Future I Saw’: the manga that predicted a tsunami in July 2025, caused tourist cancellations and ended up coming true

The difference between reality and fiction

The difference is that in Tatsuki’s work, the disaster occurs as a result of an earthquake between the Philippines and Japan, so Russia has nothing to do with it. Coincidences do occur, although Ryo Tatsuki has a reputation as a ‘seer’, as some believe he also predicted the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, or the COVID-19 pandemic.

The truth is that Japan is a territory particularly susceptible to natural disasters. Earthquakes are common, but they are not the only natural phenomenon to hit the country: hurricanes, volcanoes, and tsunamis are some of the calamities that the Japanese have had to learn to live with.

In short, ‘The Future I Saw’ should be taken for what it is: a simple and peculiar coincidence.