Actually it was the real deal whether its a shadow clone or not its still the real rasengan if it wouldn't have done anything he wouldn't have used it in the first place but nobody expects anything from Naruto anyway. I mean didn't he already do this to Kabuto and it didn't work then either, the attacking with shadow clones part, and it was already established that he is way too slow to hit Kabuto with the rasengan which is why he needed to hold him last time so I don't know what the hell he was thinking. Wait what am I saying, Naruto doesn't think. Unfortunately it looks like next week is going to be another craptacular episode as well I don't know why they are moving so slowy.

-vs Sasuke? because I remember Naruto getting his ass handed to him from the very beginning of that battle. What do you remember?