Spirits join the court! - Collect 32 spirits, equip two companions, and awaken their signature shots. - Discover eight charcoal guardians on the redesigned World Map. - Browse all eight chapters directly from Home, with clearer navigation and Spirit Collection labels. - Enjoy new Japanese battle music with an independent Music toggle. - Improved guardian poses, companion movement, and placement during rallies. - Explore 32 rivals, guided lessons, and daily challenges.

Improved ad initialization and privacy-consent handling, fixed entitlement checks around the Lifetime Ad-Free purchase, and added smaller stability refinements throughout the game.

Every chapter now plays across a richer hand-painted court, with new scenery from Backstreet through Echo Court. Full-meter Awakening shots have stronger motion, sound, and ink effects while keeping the same readable timing rules. Chapter 7 presentation and rival feedback have also been refined, alongside smaller gameplay, HUD, and touch-control improvements throughout the circuit.

Chapter 7 opens the Unwritten Path: four new rivals, a mirrored Echo Court, and three readable shot twists. Landing markers can feint, amber kick shots speed up after the bounce, and counter specialists can answer your strongest attacks. The first-to-11 final changes its shot mixture at three, six, and nine points. Elite rivals also use less predictable depth selection, replacing memorised short/deep alternation with fair variation. Clear the path to earn the Void Seal.

Chapter 6 is open. Follow the Master's Path through four post-game rivals at the Storm Shrine, read backspin and broken-tempo shots, survive early rally heat, and face a final opponent who changes form mid-match. Clear every trial to earn the Black Seal. Chapter 6 also arrives with a new lantern-lit arena, distinct rival identities, defendable drop shots, and safe progress migration for players who already completed Chapter 5.

Inkstroke now has a cleaner match HUD, a compact live scoreboard, and more comfortable landscape controls. Player positioning and interface spacing have also been refined, and the game is now focused entirely on the single-player Ink Circuit and Daily Duel.