GeGeGe no Kitaro 43
Man, this show has talked about a lot of difficult subjects (gentrification, artistic license, human trafficking, etc.), but I think assisted suicide might be the single most difficult topic they've made the centerpiece of an episode to date. Plot wise, it's a fairly simple episode, but that's because the morality of the debate makes up the entire conflict. Considering some of the arguments made in the last episode regarding Kitaro's "eagerness" to help humans at the expense of youkai, his position is put to the ultimate test when a human who made himself into a youkai asks for him to destroy his new form for the sake of others. Of course, things are more complicated than that, but the episode does not try to brush away the severity of the decision at stake, nor plays off the consequences of Kitaro's action in the end. It's a tough episode to watch, but very much in keeping with these heavier episodes of late.