India, Aug. 4 -- As powerful tsunami waves swept across the Pacific last week, they were matched by a surge of anxiety over a 1999 Japanese manga prophecy. While millions tracked the disaster in real time, social media platforms buzzed with speculation and fear.

According to a CNN report, in China, search for the term "prophecy" surged on Douyin app following the tsunami, with more than 1.1 million views centered on the claims of Ryo Tatsuki, a Japanese manga artist.

Her work, republished in 2021, contains striking prediction: a massive earthquake followed by tsunami waves would strike Japan in July 2025.

Meanwhile, on the same day, a Hong Kong newspaper ran the headline, "Will Ryo Tatsuki's prediction of a major disaster in July come ...