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Their art depictions vary from a Japanese scroll of the hungry ghost called ''gaki-zoshi''. In this art, the preta are grotesque with thin limbs and a rather large swollen stomachs as they can either be slightly bigger than normal humans or even larger and comes with few colors of skins: black, darkish blue, yellow, dark beige. In some of the arts in the scroll, the preta are depicted naked while some of them, on the other hand, wears fundoshi.  
Their art depictions vary from a Japanese scroll of the hungry ghost called ''gaki-zoshi''. In this art, the preta are grotesque with thin limbs and a rather large swollen stomachs as they can either be slightly bigger than normal humans or even larger and comes with few colors of skins: black, darkish blue, yellow, dark beige. In some of the arts in the scroll, the preta are depicted naked while some of them, on the other hand, wears fundoshi.  
===Design===
===Design===
Preta's design varies for each ''Megami Tensei'' games.
Preta's design varies in each game.


For his debut in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'', his appearance is monstrous; he has three fingers, visible sharp claws, large swollen stomach, and a purple skin.
His debut in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' has a monstrous appearance; having three fingers with sharp claws, purple skin, and a large swollen stomach.


In ''[[Last Bible]]'', his appearance is shown to be short goblin-like with beige skin and comedically large lips.
''[[Last Bible]]'', portrays him as a short ghoulish demon with beige skin and large lips


In ''Soul Hackers'', his appearance ultimately changes into a more "goofier" look while being a little bit more faithful to the actual preta in the gaki-zoshi scroll; he has purple skin, four fingers, elastically elongated chin, wears golden jewelries on his wrists and ears, has two red ofudas, and a tiny set of hair which happens to be a shaved yet messy bowl cut.
In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner|Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner]]'', he has purple skin, and a swollen stomach. This design also features an elongated chin, two golden bracelets, red ofuda, and a messy bowl cut.


In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner|Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner]]'', his appearance is the same as ''Soul Hackers'' but this time, his design is brown, yellow ofudas, and silver jewelries.
His design in ''[[Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers]]'' is the same but a color swap with brown skin, gray bracelets, and yellow ofuda. This design is more faithful to the Preta depicted in the Gaki-Zoshi scroll.


For most of the games during his ''Devil Summoner''/''Soul Hackers'' design, Preta has visible genitalia. In the artwork, it happens to be either shadowed or being black out in censorship. However, for most 3D ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games he's in, it is left uncensored while a very few games such as ''[[Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon]]'' have it removed.
Preta typically has visible but censored genitalia. However, for the 3D Shin Megami Tensei appearances it is left uncensored while in other games such as in ''[[Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon]]'' it has been removed entirely.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==

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