Frankly, I like the manga a lot better. The anime was a bit of a letdown compared to the manga. Although, I won't say my final opinion until the manga has ended, since I can't know how it ends yet.
My personal favourites are Kaoru and Kyouya. I know those two aren't the most usual favourite characters, but I like Kyouya since he is a far better person than he let's people to see, and also he's a good source of humour. Then I like the twins for their carefree attitude and jokes (I loathed the "brotherly love" thing, it was plain fanservice), but I definitely like Kaoru better. Tamaki is quite tiring, actually, and I even think that the Hitachiin brothers and Kyouya look better than he does. I kind of hope Haruhi wouldn't end up with Tamaki in the end, but then again, I'd prefer that kind of ending to an open one.
I hate it when mangas end in a way that leaves it up to the reader to decide what happened and so on. That's why I liked the ending of Fruits Basket a lot!
My personal favourites are Kaoru and Kyouya. I know those two aren't the most usual favourite characters, but I like Kyouya since he is a far better person than he let's people to see, and also he's a good source of humour. Then I like the twins for their carefree attitude and jokes (I loathed the "brotherly love" thing, it was plain fanservice), but I definitely like Kaoru better. Tamaki is quite tiring, actually, and I even think that the Hitachiin brothers and Kyouya look better than he does. I kind of hope Haruhi wouldn't end up with Tamaki in the end, but then again, I'd prefer that kind of ending to an open one.
I hate it when mangas end in a way that leaves it up to the reader to decide what happened and so on. That's why I liked the ending of Fruits Basket a lot!