First, Kensai gain access to a new level of spells at 10, which is as good as any class feature.
Second, a loss of effectiveness of some arcana is an associated cost with the archetype. Bladebound have it worse; they dont get any arcana till 6, meaning they have to wait till then to get extra arcana feats as well.
I dont know there is any issue with the archetype.
When I tried to make a 20 level base class with the kensai archetype, I noticed a problem. The class ability Fighter Training got moved from 10th level to 7th level, leaving no class abilities to be gaind at 10th level. The class ability Critical Perfection is supposed to replace the 9th level Magus Arcana, but doing so reduces the usefulness of all Magus Arcana that require the character to be 9th level before taking. My solution to this is to move Critical Perfection to 10th level, filling the void left by Fighter Training and keeping the 9th level Magus Arcana.
Is it possible to have the authors look at this class and possibly add this change to a future errata??
I don't see a problem. It seems like that was a conscious decision. There doesn't need to be an ability at every level. Just look at the cleric. Besides, fighter training is better as a kensai, Iirc. Level minus 3, not half level.
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Since all characters get a feat at 9th there is nothing to stop a Kensai spending it on Extra Arcana and taking a 9th level Arcana.
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I just realized this too. While moving Critical Perfection to 10th level is an option, that messes up using the 9th level feat to take critical focus. You can just swap Knowledge Pool back in here for some flexibility.