[Book Review] The Future I Saw: Complete Edition

I generally don't show interest in
so-called "trending books" or
"bestsellers," but while browsing
a Kindle sale, I happened to notice
a book that is being talked about
in the world? Or perhaps near Japan?

When I saw on the news,
"It's trending for this and that reason,"
honestly, my only thought was
that it was ridiculous.

However, in terms of timing,
it seems like the best subject matter right now,
and it won't hurt my wallet too much,
so I decided to read it just to see.
It is important to see things with your own eyes
and make your own judgments.

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saying "I recommend/don't recommend this to these people,"
but since this is important, I will
write a word about it at the beginning.

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Come to think of it, next month is supposed to be bad

I don't know how famous this story is,
but according to rumors,
it seems that "a global catastrophe
will strike the Japanese archipelago this July."

The basis for this is that the author,
who is known for having prophetic dreams,saw it in a dream.

Honestly, even after hearing the rumors,
I didn't believe them at all,
and that didn't change even after
I finished reading the book.

Of course, this is my personal opinion,
and this does not immediately
deny or criticize this book.

Well, when I was in elementary school,
when the world was making a fuss on TV
about Nostradamus's great prophecy
or the Great King of Angolmois,
I was genuinely curious and excited,
expecting something to happen,
but now that I know the standard
counterarguments to this kind of talk,
unfortunately, I can no longer look at it
with such clear, untainted eyes.

Can I also get a lucky shot?

Come to think of it, one of my hobbies
is watching horse racing,
and I have actually won a long-shot bet.

I have correctly predicted the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers
in a trifecta bet,
and I have also won a single-point bet
on a winning horse with odds over 10x.

None of these were safe bets
(if they were safe, the odds would be low),
and though I say it myself,
I think I have quite a talent for prediction.

Moreover, there is no ambiguity at all,
I predicted it by stating definitively
"it will finish in this order,"
so it is a prediction with high enough accuracy
to make any local prophet
run away barefoot.
I never make lame excuses like
"this is another interpretation..."

Those who believe in the prophecy of the July disaster in this book
and are making a fuss,
should definitely believe my predictions too.
If you have even 100 yen to start with,
you will surely become very rich.

...I have no intention of seriously
saying such things,
it's nothing more than that.
I just lined up the facts of when I won,
and didn't touch upon the inconvenient facts
of the many times I lost.

Therefore, for those whose interest has been piqued by my story,
I'll give you some good advice:
You should stay away from gambling.
Since you seem to have a gullible personality,
you should also be careful of the special fraud schemes that are popular lately.

Jokes aside, if you were to
nitpick these kinds of predictions and prophecies, there would be no end to it,
but at the very least, without
thoroughly verifying the number of all prophecies and
whether they hit or miss,
there is no way to say whether they are accurate or not.

I want to emphasize that
I am not trying to
deny the author's statements.
As long as they don't hurt others,
people are free to say whatever they want, and
the problem lies with those who take it literally
or misinterpret it
and make a fuss about it.

At the very least, they probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between my
precognitive abilities and
the author's precognitive abilities,
and therefore, in order to become a billionaire,
paying money to hear my horse racing predictions... or rather, prophecies,
would be a rational decision.

If I could just make contact with them,
I'm sure I could become a
globally popular figure in no time.

I don't necessarily think it's a lie either.

I have become quite
cynical up to this point, but
I will reiterate that my argument is consistently
just one point: 'I do not believe it.'

Because I happen to work as a
mechanical engineer,
I do intend to value
a scientific perspective, but
that does not mean I
blindly believe in science either.

Within the scope of my own understanding,
it is simply that there is no sufficient evidence to believe it,
and I have not
confirmed that the prophecy is a lie.

To view science as omnipotent and
'cannot be proven by science = false'
is, in fact, not a
scientific attitude at all.
It could even be called arrogant.

Admitting things as they are, saying 'I don't know what I don't know,'
is a sincere and honest attitude toward science.

Therefore, intuitively,
I think 'that can't be right'
or 'that sounds like an occult story,'
but beyond that, I do not have the knowledge
to prove it either true or false.

For that reason, while I say I don't believe it,
I also have no intention of calling it a lie.

This is my own conclusion
after reading this book.

Summary

Well, not believing in science
or believing in occult stories
is a matter of personal freedom, but
one thing is certain:
you should take responsibility
for your own statements.

The author is merely
someone who has the constitution to see precognitive dreams, and
although she writes about the content of a dream
where a major disaster hits Japan in July 2025,
reading this book also shows that those precognitive dreams
do not necessarily
come true exactly.

In other words,
'It might not come true, but
this is how I predict the future,'
is what is written, and
if that first statement is the premise,
it should be within the scope of freedom of expression.

However, I don't know how much of this book
the people making noise on social media have read
or how they interpreted it, but they seem to be
getting excited as if it will
'definitely come true.'

Thanks to that, the number of tourists visiting Japan
has dropped significantly compared to previous years,
and the tourism industry is apparently in trouble.

Now, after making all this noise,
if their predictions turn out to be wrong,
what will they think about their own statements?

According to my own prediction,
they will likely just think, "Oh, it was wrong,"
and not give it any further thought.

If they were ever held accountable,
it is easy to imagine them shifting the blame by saying,
"Well, that person (book) just said so."
It is easy to imagine.

It is an incredibly irresponsible attitude
to involve other countries in such a commotion.

Perhaps this storm of irresponsible statements
is the true global catastrophe
that will strike Japan.

I hope that this prediction turns out to be wrong.

Recommended for people like this!

・People who like the occult
(The second half is an
omnibus of occult stories)

Might not be for people like this...

・People who cannot think for themselves
→ Those who take things at face value should not read this.

Thank you for reading.

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