You know, I figured out why you people are raging vs. Uzaki but adore Nagatoro even though she's a lot meaner and not even in a funny way.
Because Nagatoro's target is a "wimp" so he "deserves" it, while Sakurai can actually assert himself and also he lifts and shit, and how DARE that female speak to him like that. You only approve of girls teasing and prodding with hints of romance when it's the guy who needs to "man up", but if it's an "actual" man she's out of line and needs to learn her place.
How's that? Am I in the ballpark?