Trainspotting (novel) grown eloquent". The novel has since achieved a cult status, added to by the global success of the film based on it, "Trainspotting" (1996), directed by Danny Boyle. Welsh wrote a sequel, "Porno", in 2002. "Skagboys", a novel that serves as a prequel, was published in April 2012. The novel is split up into seven sections: the first six contain multiple chapters of varying length and differing focus. The novel's origins in short fiction are still visible though no segment or chapter is wholly independent of the others. The majority of the stories are narrated by the novel's central protagonist,
Yuki Yuna is a Hero and blesses humanity. Using a special phone application granted by Taisha, an organization dedicated to the Shinju, Yuna and her friends must transform into "heroes" with magical powers to protect their world from imminent destruction. A prequel light novel titled , written by Takahiro and illustrated by Bunbun, was serialized in ASCII Media Works' "Dengeki G's Magazine" between April 30, 2014 and November 29, 2014. The novel takes place two years before the anime's time frame. Another light novel series, titled , written by Aoi Akashiro and illustrated by Bunbun, began serialization in "Dengeki G's Magazine" on July 30, 2015.