User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. -547 - The State of Affairs op. 1 - "Expectations"/@comment-11163184-20130724184619/@comment-11051098-20130728141015

Yeah, Shunsui doesn't refrain from anything like Yamamoto did, he doesn't mind "using" humans if they can help. Yamamoto didn't even want to get help from Orihime to restore his left arm, even if she could have done it for him.

I can see the part about Quincies helping the Shinigami in the future/the end of the story, instead of being a threat, come true.