import typing

def _ceil_pow2(n: int) -> int:
    x = 0
    while (1 << x) < n:
        x += 1
    return x

def _bsf(n: int) -> int:
    x = 0
    while n % 2 == 0:
        x += 1
        n //= 2
    return x

class SegTree:
    def __init__(self,
                 op: typing.Callable[[typing.Any, typing.Any], typing.Any],
                 e: typing.Any,
                 v: typing.Union[int, typing.List[typing.Any]]) -> None:
        self._op = op
        self._e = e

        if isinstance(v, int):
            v = [e] * v

        self._n = len(v)
        self._log = atcoder._bit._ceil_pow2(self._n)
        self._size = 1 << self._log
        self._d = [e] * (2 * self._size)

        for i in range(self._n):
            self._d[self._size + i] = v[i]
        for i in range(self._size - 1, 0, -1):
            self._update(i)

    def set(self, p: int, x: typing.Any) -> None:
        assert 0 <= p < self._n

        p += self._size
        self._d[p] = x
        for i in range(1, self._log + 1):
            self._update(p >> i)

    def get(self, p: int) -> typing.Any:
        assert 0 <= p < self._n

        return self._d[p + self._size]

    def prod(self, left: int, right: int) -> typing.Any:
        assert 0 <= left <= right <= self._n
        sml = self._e
        smr = self._e
        left += self._size
        right += self._size

        while left < right:
            if left & 1:
                sml = self._op(sml, self._d[left])
                left += 1
            if right & 1:
                right -= 1
                smr = self._op(self._d[right], smr)
            left >>= 1
            right >>= 1

        return self._op(sml, smr)

    def all_prod(self) -> typing.Any:
        return self._d[1]

    def max_right(self, left: int,
                  f: typing.Callable[[typing.Any], bool]) -> int:
        assert 0 <= left <= self._n
        assert f(self._e)

        if left == self._n:
            return self._n
    
    def _update(self, k: int) -> None:
        self._d[k] = self._op(self._d[2 * k], self._d[2 * k + 1])

n, k, *A = map(int, open(0).read().split())
m = max(A)+1
segtree = SegTree(op=max, e=0, v=m)
for a in A:
    l, r = max(1, a-k), min(m, a+k+1)
    segtree.set(a, max(segtree.get(a), segtree.prod(l, r)+1))
print(segtree.all_prod())

### FIXED CODE ###

import typing

def _ceil_pow2(n: int) -> int:
    x = 0
    while (1 << x) < n:
        x += 1
    return x

def _bsf(n: int) -> int:
    x = 0
    while n % 2 == 0:
        x += 1
        n //= 2
    return x

class SegTree:
    def __init__(self,
                 op: typing.Callable[[typing.Any, typing.Any], typing.Any],
                 e: typing.Any,
                 v: typing.Union[int, typing.List[typing.Any]]) -> None:
        self._op = op
        self._e = e

        if isinstance(v, int):
            v = [e] * v

        self._n = len(v)
        self._log = _ceil_pow2(self._n)
        self._size = 1 << self._log
        self._d = [e] * (2 * self._size)

        for i in range(self._n):
            self._d[self._size + i] = v[i]
        for i in range(self._size - 1, 0, -1):
            self._update(i)

    def set(self, p: int, x: typing.Any) -> None:
        assert 0 <= p < self._n

        p += self._size
        self._d[p] = x
        for i in range(1, self._log + 1):
            self._update(p >> i)

    def get(self, p: int) -> typing.Any:
        assert 0 <= p < self._n

        return self._d[p + self._size]

    def prod(self, left: int, right: int) -> typing.Any:
        assert 0 <= left <= right <= self._n
        sml = self._e
        smr = self._e
        left += self._size
        right += self._size

        while left < right:
            if left & 1:
                sml = self._op(sml, self._d[left])
                left += 1
            if right & 1:
                right -= 1
                smr = self._op(self._d[right], smr)
            left >>= 1
            right >>= 1

        return self._op(sml, smr)

    def all_prod(self) -> typing.Any:
        return self._d[1]

    def max_right(self, left: int,
                  f: typing.Callable[[typing.Any], bool]) -> int:
        assert 0 <= left <= self._n
        assert f(self._e)

        if left == self._n:
            return self._n
    
    def _update(self, k: int) -> None:
        self._d[k] = self._op(self._d[2 * k], self._d[2 * k + 1])

n, k, *A = map(int, open(0).read().split())
m = 300009
segtree = SegTree(op=max, e=0, v=m)
for a in A:
    l, r = max(0, a-k), min(m, a+k+1)
    segtree.set(a, segtree.prod(l, r)+1)
print(segtree.all_prod())