Wait?
Did you say you managed to fit a 160cm length pillow into a 150cm case? Was the pillow insert sticking out the bottom?
According to scam advisor and even shop.mitgard owns 1 star reviews (kind of cool they don't delete negative reviews) sounds like they are counterfeiters and send out pillow cases via slow snail mail too.
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Regarding "are chinese knock offs worth it as you get more design choice".
Well as well as said problem with mine being 148cm by 46.5cm (despite it being advertised as 150cm x 50cm) upon closer inspection of the print, the design is cropped, some details are missing completely (no ribbons and other details cropped in the missing 3.5cm width). I don't want to try and stretch it over a larger body pillow as I prefer the petiteness of the character design just as she is.
The seller I bought mine from is known for taking an image off an official website and upscaling it 8 times. They "clean up" the larger parts but some smaller details just fade out to nothing.
As I said if you want advice, settle down watch and LISTEN to this guy. I ordered off the very chinese counterfeit website he said don't order from. Namely cause, like you, I was conned by a website using images stolen from legit Japanese artists.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDrsUHAyE_Y&t