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It really does seem to be a blending of American and Japanese tropes. Explicitly stating that Ruby's speed is a power of some sort makes this something of a superhero show (with strong anime and sentai overtones) A case could also be made for the chinese super-kung-fu category too.

Not that thee's anything wrong with that.

I was having my doubts over the last few episodes (last 13 minutes) but this actually does work nicely. They're doing a good job establishing the humanity of the characters.