Joey was great too, because if I recall correctly you could peak any image. Even if it was an article it would let you peak the preview image. Some apps with peak only let you do it if it was an image post.
In my experience Google is a bit better than DDG. I tried it out a few years ago and often found myself going back to Google for certain searches. Been using DDG again for a few weeks and having a somewhat similar experience.
How cool! I had the manga when I was a kid and absolutely adored it. Totally forgot that it existed.