I feel like people underestimate how much better Manga Sakura is to Anime Sakura
In the manga Sakura was always reactive with her punches, rather than proactive and always had a reason to hit him.
Sakura only pushes Naruto out of the way after warning him.
Sakura hits him after already telling him to stop throwing things for no reason. As he began throwing shurikens around because he was trying to show off.
Naruto tries robbing dead people food
Naruto tries picking a fight with the sand village
Naruto immediately challenges a whole room of mad looking ninjas, getting them targetted
Naruto tries taking his dick out and doing the piss infront of her
Must've accidentally put 7, 8 and 9 here, my bad
His whole plan was to straight up get them disqualified
Naruto tries using Sai as a cover to add his own insults😭
I honestly really like Naruto and Sakura's dynamic, they're like an older sister and younger brother who just do dumb shit together. Like pretending to be little kids to mess with Kakashi or just bantering together.
A lot people just don't think about how this is just banter between the two, if Naruto wanted to dodge he would dodge and Sakura is never really hitting him like she really means it. For example when Sasuke hits Naruto after realising its Orochimaru in disguise Sakura tells him off saying there was no need to hit Naruto that hard.
Not to mention Sakura and Naruto act basically the exact same, they both get pissed off by Sai saying dumb things and try doing the exact same thing
And i dont think a lot of people accept that Naruto has some faults such as when he explicitly tries perving on Sakura. Such as in slide 13 when he only retreats when he realises Sakura is able to fight back
And Sakura does hit other people, and when she does she hits them a lot harder than Naruto