A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 18 July 2014
Does the newly previewed card "A Kensai's Art," in the sentence that removes an ability and a bold faced keyword, require that in order to remove one you must remove the other?
The card reads:
Battle: Target your unbowed Personality. Remove an ability and a boldface keyword (if able) on a card in a target enemy unit. If your personality is a Kensai, you may bow one of his Weapons to either draw a card, or search your deck for A Kensai's Will, show it, and put it in your hand. You may take an additional action to play A Kensai's Will.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 19 July 2014
Does the newly previewed card "A Kensai's Art," in the sentence that removes an ability and a bold faced keyword, require that in order to remove one you must remove the other?
The card reads:
Battle: Target your unbowed Personality. Remove an ability and a boldface keyword (if able) on a card in a target enemy unit. If your personality is a Kensai, you may bow one of his Weapons to either draw a card, or search your deck for A Kensai's Will, show it, and put it in your hand. You may take an additional action to play A Kensai's Will.
No. There's no targeting of the ability or keyword to remove, so if they don't exist, you just skip that step and move on.