User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 467: Mother's Key, Review./@comment-24.38.192.70-20160105032645/@comment-5303512-20160105150556

Neji was more important to the role in Naruto, he was really a catalyst to further the romance of Naruto and Hinata, for both the good and the bad times, in the end at his death he basically sealed the deal that Naruto and Hinata will be together in the end.

Beth was really just another character for the Fairy Tail verse with no really Importance to the main character and just a member for Mermaid Heel and just to make a 5 member team in the GMG.

The difference is that Neji's death was more meaningful while Beth's (supposed) death is basically just another face in the crowd. It is really all just a matter of perspective and what the characters have done for the story and for the main character or by the main character.