While I have a lot of misgivings in regards to Haruno Sakura, I like to look at her impersonally. Her abusiveness is mainly directed at Uzumaki Naruto, secondarily toward Yamanaka Ino and Hatake Kakashi, and tertiary toward various others, excluding Uchiha Sasuke (Though I feel she should have some degree of negativity for his abandonment). Ino was a best friend and great impact on her life, so she couldn’t possibly have zero fondness of her. Kakashi is her Sensei whom has had another huge impact on her childhood development and gotten her through a lot of sticky life-or-death situations, therefore he must also have quite a bit of camaraderie with her. Then there are the rest of the Konoha community whom she picks on minimally due to her camaraderie with them.
So we come to Naruto-kun. The person she bullies incessantly. Co-inciting with the others, he ranks up in the field of love. Along with this ‘ranking’ speculation, there are the NUMEROUS hints toward her liking of him in the anime, and more so in the manga. Thus, it is clear her anger is an expression of endearment. On a side note, there are exceptions to the ‘rankings’. IE. Sasuke (Long-term-lust) Tsunade (fear) or Lee (can’t hurt his feelings)
On a personal note: What a BITCH ^_^
renaye Said:
on August 31, 2008 at 4:45 am
i like ur paragraph ending: What a BITCH. It’s a good one.