Oshi no Ko

[Death BOO Z]

I don't think so. Ai was an orphan living on her own without family, the twins are registered under the directors' family. they couldn't sue without going public. and I don't think the family of the murderer could even pay that much, and a trial would be the worst possible thing for everyone to endure. they would try to say that Ai has partial responsibility because she opened the door or something like that.

something else: in the manga, one of the twitter comments accuses Shinzo Abe (the Japanese prime minister) as being weak on crime. this did not age well, and they were right to remove it from the anime.

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[Kraco]

I don't think so. Ai was an orphan living on her own without family, the twins are registered under the directors' family. they couldn't sue without going public. and I don't think the family of the murderer could even pay that much, and a trial would be the worst possible thing for everyone to endure. they would try to say that Ai has partial responsibility because she opened the door or something like that.

Even if they are registered, now, under the Saitou name, the government obviously would know the truth. I believe privacy laws actually are pretty strict in Japan, despite lots of scummy yellow press, so they might have sought compensation without needing to expose themselves. Although that being said, what's the damage anyway when the mother is dead and cremated? I wouldn't count on the murderer having any family. He looked like a total loner, psycho otaku. He probably didn't possess anything valuable, but at least they could have taken what was there to take. Unless he had inherited a lot of money. If he owned a considerable inheritance, then I guess his relatives that would directly benefit might have tried to fight it. But it's pretty hard to fight against a murderer's victims, to defend the murderer, who had even killed himself and thus won't testify anymore. I doubt it would work even in the USA, which famously is governed by lawyers, let alone elsewhere.

[Ryllharu]

Even if they are registered, now, under the Saitou name, the government obviously would know the truth. I believe privacy laws actually are pretty strict in Japan, despite lots of scummy yellow press,

They still use the Hoshino surname, but they would be in the Saito Family Registry instead of the Hoshino Family Registry now. That said, we don't actually know if Ai was also in the Saito Family Registry as she was abandoned and Ichigo was her official guardian already. I don't believe the public knew Ai's surname, or if they did, it wouldn't matter.

Their family name all has the same Kanji and reading. Ai's stage name was the same katakana as her real name. Aqua and Ruby have Kanji real names and katakana stage names and neither includes their surname.

Japanese laws aren't just strict. Even if something is TRUE, but damaging to someone's reputation, they can sue for damages. In the US, libel (printed slander) is only awarded if lawyers can prove the journalist/author knew what they printed (or said) was false. If it was true, libel/slander laws do not apply.

But Aqua, Ruby, and Miyako are currently hiding that the twins are Ai's children. No one knows Ai had children except for the senior staff of Ichigo Productions, the dead murderer, and the twins' father. Possibly not even the police.