A lot of small, but nice changes have been implemented alongside the new missions:

• To encourage players learning skills, each time you gain a new skill in ANY school, including magic, you get an experience point!

• Armor now can be damaged! Make sure to have a lot of ryo to buy new sets of equipment!

• Karate skills have received a buff! Your level is not added to the damage calculation! Ata-ta-ta-ta!!

• Climbing has been buffed! You can now activate it to make a heroic leap across terrain, but only once per battle!

• Iaido has overwent big changes - instead of ignoring defense, fast draw skills now never miss instead. However, the ZAN cost for all Iaido skills has been raised by 5, and you also can't use them with ANY two-handed weapon.

• Judo has been buffed! Those with any knowledge in the skill become immune to being Constricted, Silences or Stunned, similar to how in real life on Judo the first thing you learn is how to defend yourself against any sort of grabs and throws! Be warned, though, as judo-using enemies have also received this buff...

• Dual wielding has been slightly nerfed - you now has less attack while doing it and also take more physical damage while it's active.

• Body Blow now scales with Deftness.

• Calligraphy has actual use now! If you have a Sacred Text with you and some silk, you can make copies of the Sacred Text via Calligraphy!

• Ninjas now have Night Vision! Works identically to the Light spell.

• Text of Placation, due to its uselessness, has been replaced with Text of Praise, which replenishes the Power of everyone in the party!

• Taira no Kagekiyo now drops Azamaru, a relic sword! He also gotten a bit stronger!

• The Scabbard Strike skill has been replaced with the Earth-Splitting Sword, giving sword users a much-needed ranged option! Inspired by Bakumatsu Irohanihoheto, by the way - go give it a watch.

• Yuki's Blizzard skill got a new animation!

• Akani is no longer affected by spirit damage.

• All Beast-type enemies got a buff as now you can't Constrict or Stun them!

• You can now properly exit Shinen village without being teleported to Mijiko.

• Scroll of Fudo-myoo now actually works!

• Ressurrection is back in the game proper!!! You can once again ressurect characters at the temple in Akita as well as by using the services of a monk in your own party!

A new update won't be up for a while since, bit of a spoiler, it'll bring a new city to the game similar to Akita that you'll be able to access at any point in the game. I'll probably upload a new version each day that I make some progress on the game to not keep you all waiting.

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The mind is inherently same among all - pure in nature, but contains defilement. The difference lies in the initial resolve, adornment and the attainment of the path.