For a recent anime that's a pretty good nab I'd actually suggest RE: Zero - it also starts out a little bit too shounen-y but gets really interesting in its exp

For a recent anime that's a pretty good nab I'd actually suggest RE: Zero - it also starts out a little bit too shounen-y but gets really interesting in its exploration of both our relationships with others, pain and death. As someone who really enjoyed philosophy in uni it poses some really interesting questions. I'm also interested but not yet totally committed to Tower of God - there's some really neat stuff there, along with a lot of shounen - but I think it's a pretty solid production all together.