Japanese airlines cancel flights after manga predicts disaster

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conflagrare@reddit

The Chinese media / influencers have been blowing this issue up for at least half a year now, to cut the number of Japan tourists, to damage their economy.

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Actually, there was a reasonably sized earthquake today, but earthquakes aren't unusual in Japan, and it didn't turn into a major disaster. Whether you think this cartoonist actually predicted it, or if the readers just filled in the blanks of a vague claim on their own, it's like a litmus test for intellectual standards in a way.

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bedrooms-ds@reddit

Yup. Every year, Japan has 1000s of earthquakes which someone can feel. There was 100 in 2025 that was level 4 (shindo 4), which locals would take seriously. Level 3 can be felt but isn't usually a problem, and for this I can't find data.

If a fucking manga artist says they predict an earthquake in July (they said it's not July 5 but the entire July), it's like a sham at that point.

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-ry-an@reddit

What about 1000 earthquakes in less than two weeks?

https://globalnews.ca/news/11272537/tokara-islands-earthquakes-japan/

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-ry-an@reddit

Which is south of Japan. That's creepy.

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NecessaryZucchini69@reddit

Godzilla.

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bedrooms-ds@reddit

Did the manga author predict that? No.

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-ry-an@reddit

Dunno, just looked into this more. Was curious to see what happened around July 5th. July 3rd, had high activity south of Japan. Reports of 1000 earth quakes in 2 weeks.

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LordSoren@reddit

It sounds like "farmers almanac" predictions.

This summer the North Eastern United States is going to see higher than normal temperatures and heavier precipitation.

Very vague statements over vast areas

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InMarkWeTrust@reddit

Then they release a revised one a few weeks later with the flipped prediction. They’re always right and always wrong.

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teslawhaleshark@reddit

You're already dead

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xSilverMC@reddit

Look, it sounds ridiculous, but I'm of the opinion that air travel is one of those matters where it's just better to be safe than sorry. Especially in a more superstitious society like Japan

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Lain_Staley@reddit

"...That prior show was called the “origin” of the mass consumed underage perversion genre in Japan, but it shares that title with another show called Minky Momo.

05/25/1983 NYT First Aids Front Page Story
05/26/1983 Minky Momo Ends
05/26/1983 Sea of Japan Earthquake kills 104

That earthquake connection to the show is a part of a famous (in Japan at least) “Curse”

The show is notable for killing off its main character the same day a major merchandising deal ended.

And that Earthquake wasn’t the only one!"

05/26/1983 Minky Momo Final Episode
05/26/1983 Sea of Japan Earthquake kills 104
01/17/1995 Minki Momo final episode re-aired for the first time
01/17/1995 Great Hanshin/Kobe Earthquake kills over 6K people in Japan

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teslawhaleshark@reddit

Haman Karn says hi

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Lain_Staley@reddit

04/07/1979 Rickover Submarine Ohio: World’s Largest, Costliest deadliest nuclear sub launch
04/07/1979 Dawn of the Dead SHOPPING MALL ZOMBIES
04/07/1979 GUNDAM Franchise launched 101.7 Billion yen a year franchise in toys/movies/shows merchandise

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Japanese airlines cancel flights after manga predicts disaster

The author described the book as a dream journal

It includes some other predictions readers believe were accurate

She predits a catastrophic disaster on July 5, 2025

FILE - Mount Fuji is viewed, Jan. 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file)

FILE – Mount Fuji is viewed, Jan. 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file)

(NewsNation) — Airlines in Japan are cancelling flights after a drop in sales linked to a manga from the 1990s that predicted a disaster.

Artist and author Ryo Tatsuki published “Watashi ga Mita Mirai,” which translates to “The Future I Saw,” in 1999. She calls the book a dream journal and says it’s based on her recorded dreams.

According to some, Tatsuki has been accurate in the past.

Tatsuki’s first dream was in 1991, when she saw a man with a brilliant personality and striking looks who died, months before Freddie Mercury passed away.

Some, however, have called that dream a coincidence rather than a prediction.

Another dream, recorded in 1995, included a violent earthquake hitting Kobe, Japan, Tatsuki’s hometown. On Jan. 17, 1995, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the area, killing 6,000 and leaving 45,000 homeless.

In another entry from 1991, Tatsuki wrote of a “huge catastrophe” to take place in March 2011. That prediction appeared to foreshadow a 9.1 magnitude earthquake that would be known as the “Great East Japan Earthquake.”

The resulting tsunami killed more than 16,000 people and left 2,500 missing.

The book, which had a 2021 reprint, referenced a real catastrophe coming on July 5, 2025.

Tatsuki has said she is unsure if the date connects to an earthquake, but she reportedly saw the sea boiling south of Japan in a dream.

Her interpretation of the dream was a volcanic eruption triggering destruction.

Some airlines have reduced flights around the date due to decreased demand, while others, including Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, say they haven’t seen a change in bookings.

Tatsuki’s prediction is not the only one. Feng shui master Qi Xian Yu predicted a year of disasters in 2025, including aviation disasters, complete with a warning to avoid countries including Japan and South Korea.

Experts have said there is no way to predict major earthquakes and Japanese authorities have urged people to keep visiting.

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