The chair is on the bottom right of the official pic: But in-game, the chair was flipped: Was wondering if this is an intentional change to look cuter(?) since the character needs to be on the floor instead of on the bench.
You are correct in that we can't make it look the same, as we are unable to move the character up (without making the chair go through the ground). So I do think this is probably the best orientation for the character and that if they were facing the same way it might look a bit more strange.
I personally think the same way. If it's indeed an intended change (or not, then it should stay this way!) then this can be considered solved~ :3