# I Don't Know... That's Scary... Taken from Kosuke Masuda's absurdist manga "Gag Manga Biyori," the panel shows a worried teacher answering a flexing, aura-radiating student with "I don't know... That's scary." Tumblr user @koukiboy's February 2013 scan gathered over 140,000 notes[1], and by 2024, X users were pasting the final panel over jokes about intrusive thoughts and clueless doctors[6]. ## Origin Kosuke Masuda drew the "True Power" page for "Gag Manga Biyori," a series known for non-sequitur gags[3]. According to TinEye, the earliest tracked post of the panel appeared on the South Korean blog platform Egloos[7]. On February 16, 2013, Tumblr user @koukiboy reposted the full page under the title "I frikin hate gyagu," and the scan gathered over 140,000 notes over the next decade[1]. - **Platform:** Gag Manga Biyori (source) / Tumblr (viral spread) - **Creator:** Kosuke Masuda (original artist) - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview Posts usually crop to the final frame of the "True Power" page, where a caption above sets up a question or anecdote and the panel delivers the teacher's flat admission[3]. The joke casts the clueless teacher as whichever authority figure fits the moment, such as a doctor, a parent, or a boss, whose confusion lands as more unsettling than reassuring[2]. The absurd original setup, with a student screaming while a mysterious aura overflows from his body, lets the teacher's deadpan response read as both a punchline and a horror beat. That tonal mismatch kept the panel useful across sincere confessions, oddball medical anecdotes, and arguments where someone demands expertise and gets none[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I Don't Know... That's Scary...? A reaction panel from Kosuke Masuda's manga "Gag Manga Biyori" showing a teacher telling a powered-up student he doesn't know what the aura is[3]. ### Where did I Don't Know... That's Scary... come from? The scene appears in the "True Power" page of "Gag Manga Biyori," and Tumblr user @koukiboy's February 2013 repost is the earliest widely circulated version online[1]. ### What does I Don't Know... That's Scary... mean? It is used to joke about an authority figure, like a parent or doctor, admitting cluelessness about something they should understand[5]. ### How do you use I Don't Know... That's Scary...? People typically add a caption above the panel describing a weird question or anecdote and let the teacher's reply land as the punchline[6]. ### Is I Don't Know... That's Scary... still popular? The panel saw strong use through 2024, including a 70,000-like X post by @IzzzyzzzArt that June[6], and it is treated as a classic Tumblr reaction image[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.tumblr.com/koukiboy/43236875949/i-frikin-hate-gyagu]() 2. [https://www.tumblr.com/maamlet/625798523777155073]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-dont-know-thats-scary]() 4. [https://www.tumblr.com/motobug/639329344326615040/from-this-gag-panel]() 5. [https://www.tumblr.com/sexhaver/710181060607115264/my-dad-always-sneezes-at-least-twice-in-a-row-and]() 6. [https://x.com/IzzzyzzzArt/status/1801748867622572118]() 7. [https://www.tineye.com/search/f8ab60234d88770db28e34d92cbb21f9fea9f714?sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=2]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-dont-know-thats-scary Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library