BLEACH Rebirth of Souls: How to Fix Performance Issues

Anime

Mar 21

*Image Credit: TAMSOFT CORPORATION, BLEACH Rebirth of Souls*

You fired up BLEACH: Rebirth of Souls, expecting to slice through enemies and re-live anime battles — but instead, the game slices through your patience with crashes, black screens, and performance so bad it makes PowerPoint slides look fast. Don’t worry. After wading through hours of trial, error, and forum misery, here’s what might actually help the game run teh way it’s supposed to.

1. Force the Game to Use Your Real GPU

Sometimes Windows thinks it’s smarter than you (spoiler: it’s not). Here’s how to tell it who’s boss:

Open System Settings > Display > Scroll down to Graphics Settings.
Click Browse, find the BLEACH game’s .exe file, and add it.
After it’s added, click Options > choose your actual GPU (like that RTX 4070 Ti you paid too much for) > click Save.

This alone boosted performance for a lot of people. Like, from 4 FPS to “Hey, I can actually play this.”

2. Set Compatibility Mode to Windows 7 or 8

Apparently, the game prefers 2010-era Windows. Here’s how to go back in time:

In Steam, right-click BLEACH > Installed Files > Browse.
Find the game’s .exe file > right-click > Show More Options > Properties.
Click the Compatibility tab.
Set it to Windows 7 (or try Windows 8 if that doesn’t work).
Also, Run as Administrator while you’re here.

Many users reported this stopped the game from crashing constantly. Not all users — but many.

3. Change Your System Language to Japanese

This one is weird, but it did help some folks:

Go to Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region.
Change everything — display language, region, keyboard — to Japanese.
Don’t sign out when prompted. Just keep going and launch the game.
Bonus: Change the in-game language to Japanese too.

It’s possible the game’s localization is busted. So running it in Japanese somehow bypasses that.

4. Don’t Launch from Steam

Yup. Don’t launch from Steam. Instead:

Go to the install folder.
Run the .exe directly. This avoids Easy Anti-Cheat breaking the sound and causing crashes.

5. General Troubleshooting (aka the Usual Stuff That Sometimes Works)

Update Your GPU Drivers – Yes, this is obvious, but some folks don’t do it.
Turn Off Overlays – Steam, Discord, NVIDIA overlays — just kill them.
Fullscreen Mode – Stick with fullscreen. Minimizing the game can cause instant crashes.
Check for Background Apps – Chrome with 27 tabs open? Yeah, close that.
Lower In-Game Graphics Settings – Set it to Performance Mode or lowest settings.
Verify Game Files in Steam – Right-click BLEACH > Properties > Installed Files > Verify Integrity.

Final Blurb

Look, this game’s a mess right now. Some players got it running smooth as butter. Others? Still stuck with crash city. These fixes might save your sanity, or you might be staring at a black screen wondering why you paid money for this. If nothing works, keep an eye out for updates — or consider a refund if you’d rather not play tech support for a game that should’ve worked on Day 1.