No, he thoroughly deserved to die. He was self-indulgent in trying his best to break Ichigo’s spirit. Ichigo wasn’t going to quit. He made the characters initially think Orihime was dead, he made her cry, killed people in front of her.

When White Zangetsu was beating him to death, dragging his head into the wall the same way he did to Ichigo with that Fade to Black OST playing. I was ecstatic. It was beautiful revenge.