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I'm trying to figure out the best way to translate this odd title:

> 「吊るされた少年，翼とまっすぐに歩けない理由」

If I'm understanding correctly, the comma after the subject (少年) signifies a
pause and replaces the missing topic marker but I'm stumped by the remaining
structure.

I thought it might be a list: "The Suspended Boy, Wings, and the Reason He
Can't Walk Straight". However, I don't know if you can write lists in this
format. I was under the impression you needed a と or や between each thing
being listed, but I don't know if the comma can replace one of those as it
does in English.

The other option is reading と as 'with': "Why the Suspended Boy Can't Walk
Straight With Wings." This one doesn't make as much sense in context of the
story though. Which then makes me wonder if it could be read as "Why the
Suspended Boy with Wings Can't Walk Straight", which does work better in
context.
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Confused by the use of と and 読点 in 吊るされた少年，翼とまっすぐに歩けない理由
This comma should be an apposition marker, and 翼 should be the boy's name.

> 吊るされた少年、翼とまっすぐに歩けない理由  
>  Tsubasa the Hanged Boy and Why He Can't Walk Straight

You can find this appositive `nickname/catchphrase + name` pattern commonly in
titles (e.g., [美少女戦士セーラームーン](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon),
[アルプスの少女ハイジ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi,_Girl_of_the_Alps), [most
titles of _Super
Sentai_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Sentai#Productions)). The comma
is technically not necessary as long as you can separate words, but in this
case it would have been hard to parse the title without one. See also: [What
is the grammar for saying things like "Step A", "our friend Nozomi", or "the
snowiest city in the world,
Aomori"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/80479/5010)

In general, you [can use
commas](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/54469/5010) to list three or more
things, but since 翼 is widely known as a common person name, I would say
almost no one would read this as a list. (But please check if there is a
character called Tsubasa in the story.)

**EDIT:** It turned out that the name of the boy is not 翼 (see comments). Then
we may have to parse this as a three-item list. It's not something I come up
with when I look at this without preconceptions, but it's not an impossible
interpretation depending on the story (e.g., when everyone in the story has a
name in katakana).
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