But still remains a crazy little girl with pent-up anger issues who keeps punching the loveable protagonist for little to no reason.
you act like this is uncommon in anime. people get hit by their friends ALL THE TIME. rukia hits ichigo: you say nothing. nami hits luffy: you say nothing.
and naruto isnt being lovable when hes being hit. hes being a dumbass or a perv. sakura has zero tolerance for naruto prancing around as a naked goddamn girl.
also naruto is never actually hurt.
Sakura's nickname came up like twice and that was only really because Ino called her it. It's Sakura's fault that she wasn't friends with her anyway. Sakura was horrible to all of her friends when she was little- she used to punch and abuse Naruto and it was HER that alienated Ino over a boy
lol as if naruto cant handle being punched in the head when hes the fukin kyuubi jin. as if naruto hasnt been doing the same thing to konohamaru. as if ino didnt keep bullying and spiting sakura even though sakura made it clear she didnt want to keep on fighting. the whole ino thing was about respect. sakura was sick of being in her shadow and had to prove she was equal to ino before they could reunite.
and what did naruto do pre team 7 that actually made him not deserve the bullying? he was rude, perverted, troublemaking and annoying as fuk.