Sometimes delegation is just as important as action, plus the class as a whole will now see greater benefits due to Iida at the head. Iida’s also the only one that seems to truly take the role as seriously as these students should.

Iida has gotten a few occasions over the past few episodes to prove to everyone how awesome he is, but he becomes the focus in “Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!” and the character gets examined on a much deeper level than what’s been seen in the past.

Midoriya and the audience learn a lot about Iida’s family and his history and it helps further establish him as one of the show’s central characters as opposed to a third- or fourth-tier fighter at U.A. High. In many ways, “Deku vs. Kacchan” was just as much a showcase of Iida’s strength as it was for Midoriya and Bakugo, but “Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!” digs into his weaknesses and fears, too. It paints a full picture of the character.

“Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!” begins fresh off of the announcement that All Might is an instructor at U.A. High. The public is immediately hungry for any kind of information regarding All Might’s teaching abilities and his presence at the school. Accordingly, the campus turns into quite the media circus and it’s yet another distraction for people like Aizawa who just want to educate in peace without all of this fanfare.

Relatively early on into the episode there appears to be a massive security breach, something that apparently hasn’t happened for years at U.A. High. The reality of the situation is that this is just a result of the media invasion on campus and that there isn’t actually any real danger. Iida is the only one that doesn’t panic and when everyone freaks out over this false alarm, he’s able to assert control and calm down the mobbing masses.