yeah. he still shows up but he's recontextualized as an extremely awkward man who sucks at interpersonal stuff and who isn't cool at all despite being very good at punching (which retroactively makes him more tolerable in part 3). part 3 has some incredible bits but almost all the important ones are in the ova, and the later parts are all better than part 3

part 4 is incredible small town drama with some great dumbass teens hanging out, part 5 has a protagonist whose about 20 times blander than jotaro but is otherwise mostly good, part 6 rules and has a bunch of kickass ladies and the best jojo, part 7 is a masterpiece of homoeroticism and antifascist action with some genuinely good politics, part 8 is a lynchian nightmare, and part 9 is about zoomer crime in occupied hawaii