The Pursuit of Happiness (Malapitan)

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The Pursuit of Happiness is written by Rodney P. Malapitan and began online publication on December 9th, 1995.Post at FFML - Retrieved 17-Apr-2021 It currently stands incomplete at 24 instalments, the most recent of which was published online on February 19th, 2000.Post at FFML
==Description==
==Plot==
===Act I: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of that Guy You Always Wanted to Kill===
====Preludes: Looking Ahead, Looking Back====
====Part 1: Recovery====
====Part 2: Nerima by Night====
====Part 3: A Training We Will Go====
====Part 4: Circle of Friends / Akari in Furinkan Land!====
====Part 5: A Night Out====
====Part 6: No Dance for Me====
====Part 7: To Socialize with the More Pleasant Circles...====
====Part 8: Vengence of Noori====
====Part 9: Where It's At!====
====Part 10: Hit and Miss====
====Part 11: Konatsu's Arrival====
====Part 12: Friends and Lovers====
===Act II: The King of Nerima Tournament===
====Prelude: Kings, Queens, and Assorted Pawns====
====Part 1: Minor Arcana====
====Part 2: Shuffling the Deck====
====Part 3: Major Arcana====
====Part 4: Kings Reversed====
====Part 5: Ranma Saotome Can't Lose====
====Epilogue: A Life Less Ordinary====
===Act III: Home===
====Prelude: Setting it Up====
====Part 1: No Okonomiyaki for You!====
==Notes==
*Sequel to The More Things Change, also by Malapitan.
*Two side stories also exist, One Thing Leads to Another by Mihoshi and Nerima's Other Passion by Grayson R. Towler.
*A sequel by Kevin Eav exits, The Way Things Are.
===Awards===
*TASS Awards Award for Annual 1997, 8th place (Act 1- tie)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for May 1998, 2nd place (Act 2: prelude)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for May 1998, 3rd place (Act 2: part 1)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for June 1998, 1st place (Act 2: part 2)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for August 1998, 1st place (Act 2: part 3)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for September 1998, 1st place (Act 2: part 4)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for October 1998, 1st place (Act 2: part 5)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for November 1998, 3rd place (Act 2: epilogue)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for Annual 1998, 1st place (Act 2: part 5)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for Annual 1998, 10th place (Act 2: part 4- tie)
*TASS Continuing Series Award for July 1999, 3rd place (part 3: prelude)
==FFML Posting History==
*Act 1-Preludes 09/Dec/95
*Act 1-Preludes (revision) 15/Dec/95
*Act 1-Preludes (revision) 05/Jan/96
*Act 1-Part 1 05/Jan/96
*Act 1-Part 1 (revision) 11/Jan/96
*Act 1-Preludes (revision) 12/Feb/96
*Act 1-Preludes (revision) 04/Mar/96
*Act 1-Part 1 (revision) 04/Mar/96
*Act 1-Part 2 04/Mar/96
*Act 1-Part 3 04/Mar/96
*Act 1-Preludes~Part 1 29/Apr/96
*Act 1-Parts 6~8 23/Nov/96
*Act 1-Parts 1~5 (revision) 27/Nov/96
*Act 1-Part 1 (revision) 12/Dec/96
*Act 1-Part 1 (revision) 22/Jan/97
*Act 1-Part 2 (revision) 22/Jan/97
*Act 1-Part 3 (revision) 22/Jan/97
*Act 1-Parts 1~3 (revision) 24/Jan/97
*Act 1-Part 4 03/Apr/97
*Act 1-Preludes (revision) 07/Apr/97
*Act 1-Part 4 (revision) 29/Apr/97
*Act 1-Part 4 (revision) 08/May/97
*Act 1-Part 5 (revision) 17/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 6 (revision) 18/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 7 (revision) 18/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 8 (revision) 21/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 9 21/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 10 21/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 11 21/Jun/97
*Act 1-Part 12 21/Jun/97
*Act 2-Prelude 08/Oct/97
*Act 2-Part 1 08/Oct/97
*Act 2-Part 2 16/Oct/97
*Act 2-Part 2 (revision) 16/Oct/97
*Act 2-Part 2 (revision) 27/Oct/97
*Act 2-Part 1 (revision) 05/Nov/97
*Act 2-Part 2 (revision) 05/Nov/97
*Act 2-Part 3 07/Feb/98
*Act 2-Prelude~Part 2 (revision) 08/Feb/98
*Act 2-Prelude (revision) 11/Apr/98
*Act 2-Part 1 (revision) 11/Apr/98
*Act 2-Part 2 (revision) 11/Apr/98
*Act 2-Part 3 (revision) 11/Apr/98
*Act 2-Part 4 11/Apr/98
*Act 2-Part 5 11/Apr/98
*Act 2-Epilogue 11/Apr/98
*Act 3-Prelude 15/02/99
*Act 3-Part 1 15/02/99
*Act 3-Part 2 15/03/99
*Act 3-Prelude (revision) 19/02/00
*Act 3-Part 1 (revision) 19/02/00
*Act 3-Part 2 (revision) 19/02/00
*Act 3-Part 3 19/02/00
==RAAC Posting History==
*Act 1-Prelude 19/Apr/97
*Act 1-Parts 1~3 19/Apr/97
*Act 1-Part 4 09/Aug/97
*Act 1-Parts 5~8 19/Sep/97
*Act 1-Parts 9~12 19/Sep/97
*Act 2-Prelude & Part 1 25/May/98
*Act 2-Part 2 02/Jun/98
*Act 2-Part 3 07/Aug/98
*Act 2-Part 4 21/Sep/98
*Act 2-Part 5 22/Oct/98
*Act 2-Epilogue 20/Nov/98
*Act 3-Prelude 20/Jul/99
==See Also==
==External Links==
*The Pursuit of Happiness at the Internet Archive record of -M- Productions! - Retrieved 05-Dec-2021
==References==
Category:Converging Series
Category:1995
Category:1996
Category:1997
Category:1998
Category:1999
Category:2000