A love letter to USGMEN (うさぎメン) 🫧

I remember the first time I saw it, the Bubble Mew.
Not scrolling, not searching. It just… found me.

Rising in slow motion, catching little pieces of light reflections. Mew’s body is soft and rounded, almost doodled, like it wasn’t meant to be perfect, just felt. There’s something playful in the way it floats, but also distant. It doesn’t ask for attention. It just… exists, quietly, like it knows you’ll come to it when you’re ready 🫧

People talk about it now, collectors pay hundreds for it, but that's not what stayed with me. It was the feeling. That small pause. That moment where everything else gets quiet and you just stare a little longer than you meant to.

That was the first time I met their work, even if I didn't know their name yet.

The name is USGMEN

There’s something about USGMEN (うさぎメン) that doesn’t try to prove anything. Their lines are loose, almost like they were drawn in a single breath. Nothing feels overworked. Nothing feels corrected.

And somehow… that’s exactly what makes it feel right.

You can tell it didn’t start in a studio.
It started as doodles. Small, quiet drawings that people passed around because they felt something, even if they couldn’t explain it.

That softness never left.

Quietly obsessed with their work ✨

I think what makes USGMEN so special is that none of this happened in the traditional way. They didn’t come from some polished studio pipeline.
They were just… posting.

Small Pokémon doodles online.
Loose, a little weird, sometimes funny in a way that didn’t even feel intentional. And people couldn’t stop looking at them.

There’s a word for it in Japanese—heta-uma.
“Bad, but good.”

Even their earlier cards like the Wugtrio Illustration Rare had that same energy. Slightly chaotic, a little goofy, but impossible to ignore once you’ve seen it, but thats what makes USGMEN special.

Their style feels like Joy 🫧

Pokémon just… existing. Floating, sitting, staring off like they forgot what they were doing. No urgency, no pressure to be anything more than what they are.

Nothing feels rushed.
Nothing feels forced.

Just a quiet kind of joy, sitting exactly where it belongs. ✨

Moonlight Soleil exists in that same little corner. That same soft, dreamy, slightly unhinged kind of love for things that feel gentle and a little hidden. It's not something I planned, it just… is. When I see their cards mixed into packs, it doesn't feel like inventory. It feels like alignment.

Like we're speaking the same quiet language, just in different ways.

Moonlight Soleil 🌙