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Some interesting parallels/inspirations for Jabber's mannerisms and scenes first:

The 'he' in question, our 'hero' as it were, is relaxing a little. That's when our Jabberwock makes a surprising entrance. The art puts and emphasis on his eyes being brighter. The word 'aflame' conveniently covers how Givers eyes glow when their powers activate.

Next is this:

"Burbling as it came", and here we have Jabber basically sounding it out. Again it is intentionally unclear what the burbling means for the Jabberwock, I'm assuming Kei Urana could have used the burbling as inspiration for poisons and potions.

Next up, Zanka!

Now Zanka's trickier. The poem follows an extremely familiar story beat of an average-boy-turned-hero defeating a monster. Tale as old as time.

Zanka's defining trait according to himself, is he is an average joe. He must train to go up against beasts and natural talents, coming from humble beginnings. I mean the guy literally climbed up from the rock bottom of a well. Can't get more "hero at the start of his hero's journey" than that.

So we can say Zanka fulfills the narrative role of your typical noble hero in that sense.

The juicy part, is the 'Vorpal Sword'. The entire poem is filled with nonsense words that do have meaning you can find elsewhere through the Alice in Wonderland literary works. But a couple don't, and one among them is 'vorpal'.

People have defined it as 'extremely sharp' , 'deadly', but Lewis Carroll himself has said he can't explain it. It being called a sword gives enough of an idea for people to run with it being a dangerous sword.

But what's that you say? Zanka doesn't have a sword. That's a whole other very significant plot point for Zanka. His rival and standard he couldn't reach, Hyo, has the sword. Zanka has STICK!(stick! STICK STICK!! Lovely Assistaff <3 <3 love you queen).

The important part here now, is not the sword, but the weapon itself and the 'vorpal' part. Lovely Assistaff is a blank canvas of a weapon, which Zanka built meaning into. It is shaped entirely by its handler's needs. Much like how the word 'vorpal' is intentionally left to the reader's imaginations. The beats of this story format suggest the weapon is blessed, fated, like the Sword in the Stone perhaps. Significant, destined swords defeat prophesized monsters!

But.

The poem says "he took his vorpal sword". Now, this is an average boy in a miserable village being warned by his dad not to go after the monsters. He most likely has no access to a grandiose sword, it's implied he already owns the sword. It can be interpreted there's nothing special about it. He has it, yet his father has no grand plans for his son to slay it.

Is the sword average and dull, or is it something wonderful and forged by higher powers?

The answer is always gonna be; we don't know. No one does.

I'll throw my hat in the ring and say Vorpal is whatever you want it to be.

Much like Lovely Assistaff with Zanka. It is heavily implied the current form is not Lovely Assistaff's true state. Round 2 of Jabber v Zanka ends anticlimactically with Zanka losing to set this up. Our Jabberwock himself practically states our hero's not done yet, there's more to see, but Zanka isn't at the stage to get to his final form yet.

Zanka sees himself as average, thus his staff remains there. A barrier is holding him back. Lovely Assistaff was never meant to be anything. It could be an average staff, or it could be Zanka's gateway into being one of the lauded geniuses. A hero, if you will.

SO

We've got our Manxom foe Jabber and our Hero Zanka.

What does this mean narratively speaking?

The poem of Jabberwock has multiple interpretations, mainly focused on its ending stanza. The quatrain at the start and end are the same, it goes:

It starts as it ends.

Concerning, because this stanza means "It was four in the afternoon, creatures called toves slithered and caused chaos on the wet hills, the bird-like creatures were miserable and the pig-like creatures squealed". That's not a happy starting or ending.

The hero slayed the monster yet everything is as it were. The grand scheme unchanged. This goes to show that perhaps the Jabberwock, though dangerous, is not the problem. A common interpretation is that life goes on, unaffected by the death of the Jabberwock, indifferent to the triumph of the hero.

In the context of Gachiakuta, Jabber is not the main issue. He straight up says he does not care for Raiders or Cleaners. He has his own mission, and that is to fight and fight until he doesn't win. Jabber is not the problem, but he is one indicator of the problem.

Same goes for Zanka, he is not the solution to the story. Other than him being a side character, it also shows that strength, though important, is not the answer.

Jabber and Zanka's rivalry is core to both of their characterizations, their fights facilitate growth in each other, but that alone does not solve either of their problems.

One of the biggest themes in Gachiakuta is exploitation, and the importance of companionship. In Jabber Vs. Zanka's case, the latter is of huge importance.

Jabber wants Zanks to match him so they can be friends and have fun together. Any time Jabber finds someone to fight, they are either too weak to keep up, or too strong and unwilling to spend time with him.

Zanka has the potential to strike that balance for Jabber. To connect with someone and to be seen.

Life goes on, indifferent to Raider or Cleaner, and so they fight in the confined space between the repeating cycles in an attempt to satiate a need. For Jabber, it is companionship. For Zanka, it is self-worth. All rules and troubles suspended in this clash.

Zanka's going to probably, definitely come into his own before Jabber does. Their rivalry is predictable, much like that of a boy and the jabberwock. In the same way, I believe Zanka will defeat Jabber.

Now what does that mean? What would it look like? In the poem it ends with the boy beheading the jabberwock and cheering with his people.

In Gachiakuta, I don't think so. I doubt Zanka or anyone really, would find joy in something like that. Death is metaphorical in text, Jabber's desire for death and pain is much the same. Pain is companionship. Perhaps what awaits at the end of this rivalry, in this 'death', is understanding.

The death of a previous worldview and emergence of the new self maybe?