so she does that and punches him when he does something that shouldn't be done in public or annoys her, like being pervy or peeing in front of her?
Thats exactly correct. The tsundere violence is always played for comedic effect. Usually the main character who is on the end of the violence has done or said something insensitive or perverted or just plain out right stupid. The tsundere embarassed or angered then corrects the main character forcefully in some fashion --usually painfully-- that plants him on the ground with a comically exagerated knot on his noggin or black eye.
the character as soon as things get serious again is usually up and is completely fine by the next panel and ready to go.
In Sakuras case readers mostly western misread the comedic context of the moments as badly as they misread the moments when Karin lusts after Sasuke. they are always done in a comedic context, and if you actually count through the ongoing 545 chapters of the manga she has only decked him roughly give or take maybe 6-7 times in total.
however sakura bashers seemt to see Sakura even looking at him crosseyed as a personal attack and thus this absurd notion that she regularly beats him.
this is oft fed by the anime which overdoes Sakuras tsundere tendancies, and by proxy Narutos stupidity and immaturity as well as fan fiction writers which over do the trope to a large degree.
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