Cute, it is.
Quote Originally Posted by SenPro@https://www.facebook.com/Sengoku-Providence-1321305241254976/
As mentioned above, we decided to monetize features that will not affect your ability of winning battles instead of turning the game into a P2W game. Auto/2x speed will be unlocked by any purchase under some conditions.
Too bad, it had such a good eye-candy...