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The Story of the Yogin Notori
The Yogin Notori, in English that translates to Prophecy Bird, was a two-headed crow where one head is white and the other is black. The legend said they were sent from the gods to warn those on Earth of impending doom. A curator at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum tweeted a photo of Kazemann's journal, highlighting the prophetic quotes about the unearthly bird. It wasn't long before businesses and shrines all over Japan started asking for permission to use the Yogin Notoris' image on rice crackers and temple charms. Nobody really brought them up again for over 160 years. And then in the spring of 2020, a new virus spread across