Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2234210-20140123124247/@comment-11444045-20141016150147

But that's not necessarily true, he clearly cared enough about the human affairs to tell Orihime about Aizen goal on the Ouken Key and told her to tell Ichigo about this. If it wasn't for Ichigo and his friends(which includes two humans and a Quincy) the SS would have been killed off ages ago. He's indebted to not just ichigo here. The only reasons why he didn't have Orihime heal him is he's stubborn and thought his loss of arm was a badge of honor. Quite ridiculous but also shows how weak he became since the first arc where he was willing to kill both his favorite students for destroying the Sokyoku which is a heinous crime punishable by death; as Yamma stated.

That instance is both relevant and backing up my point as it shows his personality being different and supports Juha's Comments on how he became weak. If he had both his arms he could have stood a better chance. He could have likely still died but this is clearly kubo intentions so he appeared weak and easily killed for a "OMG not the HEAD CAPTAIN" Shock for the final arc. It's a good idea for writing but logically it's just dumb, why weaken yourself when you can be healed. :P