It's a tough choice. My current replay of XIII has made me like Claire more than I used to. Not Lightning, Claire.Claire was forgotten about in the sequels, tragically.

That being said, I still love Snow and Hope and Sazh as much as I ever did. But Noel is an amazing character and a huge surprise for me. I didnot expect to like him at all going into XIII-2.

I guess I'll stick with Snow just because he was the first XIII character I ever remember really liking.