/**
 * code generated by JHelper
 * More info: https://github.com/AlexeyDmitriev/JHelper
 * @author Gosu_Hiroo
 */

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using VI = vector<int>;
using VL = vector<long long>;
using PII = pair<int, int>;
using PLL = pair<long long, long long>;

//#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
//#pragma GCC target("avx2")
//#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
//#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
//#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")

#define G(size_1) vector<vector<int>>(size_1, vector<int>())
#define SZ(x) ((long long)(x).size())
#define READ ({long long t;cin >> t;t;})

#define FOR(i, _begin, _end) for (__typeof(_end) end = _end, begin = _begin,  i = (begin) - ((begin) > (end)); i != (end) - ((begin) > (end)); i += 1 - 2 * ((begin) > (end)))
#define REP(i, end) for (__typeof(end) i = 0, _len = (end); i < (_len); i += 1)
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define RALL(x) (x).rbegin(),(x).rend()
#define F first
#define S second
#define y0 y3487465
#define y1 y8687969
#define j0 j1347829
#define j1 j234892
#define BIT(n) (1LL<<(n))
#define UNIQUE(v) v.erase( unique(v.begin(), v.end()), v.end() );
#define EB emplace_back
#define PB push_back
#define fcout cout << fixed << setprecision(12)
#define fcerr cerr << fixed << setprecision(12)
#define print(x) cout << (x) << '\n'
#define printE(x) cout << (x) << '\n';
#define fprint(x) cout << fixed << setprecision(12) << (x) << '\n';
# define BYE(a) do { cout << (a) << endl; return ; } while (false)

#ifdef DEBUG
#define DBG(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); _err(cerr,_it, args); }
#define ERR(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); _err(std::cerr,_it, args); }
#else
#define DBG(args...) {};
#define ERR(args...) {};
#endif
void _err(std::ostream& cerr,istream_iterator<string> it) {cerr << endl;}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void _err(std::ostream& cerr, istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args) {
    cerr << *it << " = " << a << "  ";
    _err(cerr,++it, args...);
}

const double PI = 2 * acos(.0);
const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b<a) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>T ceil(T a, T b) {return (a+b-1)/b;}

template <typename T, typename U>
istream& operator >> (istream& is, pair<T, U>& V) {
    is >> V.F >> V.S;
    return is;
}

template <typename T>
istream& operator >> (istream& is, vector<T>& V) {
    for(auto&& ele : V)is >> ele;
    return is;
}

template <typename T>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const vector<T> V) {
    os << "[";
    int cnt = 0;
    T curr;
    if(!V.empty()){
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() - 1; ++i) {
            if(V[i] == curr)cnt ++;
            else cnt = 0;
            if(cnt == 4)os << "... ";
            if(cnt < 4)
                os << i << ":" << V[i] << " ";
            curr = V[i];
        }
        os << V.size() - 1 << ":" << V.back();
    }
    os << "]\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const pair<T,U> P) {
    os << "(";
    os << P.first << "," << P.second;
    os << ")";
    return os;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const set<T,U> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << *it << " ";
            it++;
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename H, typename P>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const unordered_set<K, H, P> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << *it << " ";
            it++;
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename C>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const multiset<K, C> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << *it << " ";
            it++;
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    os << "}";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename T, typename C>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const map<K,T,C> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << "(";
            os << it->first << "," << it->second;
            os << ") ";
            it++;
        }
        os << "(";
        os << it->first << "," << it->second;
        os << ")";
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename T, typename C>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const unordered_map<K,T,C> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << "(";
            os << it->first << "," << it->second;
            os << ") ";
            it++;
        }
        os << "(";
        os << it->first << "," << it->second;
        os << ")";
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename T>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const deque<T> V) {
    os << "[";
    if (!V.empty()) {
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() - 1; ++i) {
            os << V[i] << "->";
        }
        if (!V.empty())os << V.back();
    }
    os << "]\n";
    return os;
};

template <typename T, typename Cont, typename Comp>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const priority_queue<T, Cont, Comp> V) {
    priority_queue<T, Cont, Comp> _V = V;
    os << "[";
    if(!_V.empty()){
        while(_V.size() > 1){
            os << _V.top() << "->";
            _V.pop();
        }
        os << _V.top();
    }
    os << "]\n";
    return os;
};

template <class F>
struct y_combinator {
    F f; // the lambda will be stored here

    // a forwarding operator():
    template <class... Args>
    decltype(auto) operator()(Args&&... args) const {
        // we pass ourselves to f, then the arguments.
        // the lambda should take the first argument as `auto&& recurse` or similar.
        return f(*this, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }
};
// helper function that deduces the type of the lambda:
template <class F>
y_combinator<std::decay_t<F>> recursive(F&& f){
return {std::forward<F>(f)};
}

struct hash_pair {
    template <class T1, class T2>
    size_t operator()(const pair<T1, T2>& p) const
    {
        auto hash1 = hash<T1>{}(p.first);
        auto hash2 = hash<T2>{}(p.second);
        return hash1 ^ hash2;
    }

};

template <typename T, typename U>
std::vector<T> multi_vector(int n, U v) {
    return std::vector<T>(n, v);
}

template <typename U, typename... Args>
auto multi_vector(int n, Args... args) {
    auto val = multi_vector<U>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    return std::vector<decltype(val)>(n, std::move(val));
}

#ifndef ATCODER_SEGTREE_HPP
#define ATCODER_SEGTREE_HPP 1

#include <algorithm>
#ifndef ATCODER_INTERNAL_BITOP_HPP
#define ATCODER_INTERNAL_BITOP_HPP 1

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <intrin.h>
#endif

namespace atcoder {

namespace internal {

// @param n `0 <= n`
// @return minimum non-negative `x` s.t. `n <= 2**x`
int ceil_pow2(int n) {
    int x = 0;
    while ((1U << x) < (unsigned int)(n)) x++;
    return x;
}

// @param n `1 <= n`
// @return minimum non-negative `x` s.t. `(n & (1 << x)) != 0`
int bsf(unsigned int n) {
#ifdef _MSC_VER
    unsigned long index;
    _BitScanForward(&index, n);
    return index;
#else
    return __builtin_ctz(n);
#endif
}

}  // namespace internal

}  // namespace atcoder

#endif  // ATCODER_INTERNAL_BITOP_HPP

#include <cassert>
#include <vector>

namespace atcoder {

template <class S, S (*op)(S, S), S (*e)()> struct segtree {
  public:
    std::vector<S> d;
    segtree() : segtree(0) {}
    segtree(int n) : segtree(std::vector<S>(n, e())) {}
    segtree(const std::vector<S>& v) : _n(int(v.size())) {
        log = internal::ceil_pow2(_n);
        size = 1 << log;
        d = std::vector<S>(2 * size, e());
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) d[size + i] = v[i];
        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
            update(i);
        }
    }

    void set(int p, S x) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        d[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }

    S get(int p) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return d[p + size];
    }

    S prod(int l, int r) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
        S sml = e(), smr = e();
        l += size;
        r += size;

        while (l < r) {
            if (l & 1) sml = op(sml, d[l++]);
            if (r & 1) smr = op(d[--r], smr);
            l >>= 1;
            r >>= 1;
        }
        return op(sml, smr);
    }

    S all_prod() { return d[1]; }

    template <bool (*f)(S)> int max_right(int l) {
        return max_right(l, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int max_right(int l, F f) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= _n);
        assert(f(e()));
        if (l == _n) return _n;
        l += size;
        S sm = e();
        do {
            while (l % 2 == 0) l >>= 1;
            if (!f(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                while (l < size) {
                    l = (2 * l);
                    if (f(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                        sm = op(sm, d[l]);
                        l++;
                    }
                }
                return l - size;
            }
            sm = op(sm, d[l]);
            l++;
        } while ((l & -l) != l);
        return _n;
    }

    template <bool (*f)(S)> int min_left(int r) {
        return min_left(r, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int min_left(int r, F f) {
        assert(0 <= r && r <= _n);
        assert(f(e()));
        if (r == 0) return 0;
        r += size;
        S sm = e();
        do {
            r--;
            while (r > 1 && (r % 2)) r >>= 1;
            if (!f(op(d[r], sm))) {
                while (r < size) {
                    r = (2 * r + 1);
                    if (f(op(d[r], sm))) {
                        sm = op(d[r], sm);
                        r--;
                    }
                }
                return r + 1 - size;
            }
            sm = op(d[r], sm);
        } while ((r & -r) != r);
        return 0;
    }

    S operator[](int p){
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return d[p + size];
    }
  private:
    int _n, size, log;
//    std::vector<S> d;
    void update(int k) { d[k] = op(d[2 * k], d[2 * k + 1]); }
};

}  // namespace atcoder

#endif  // ATCODER_SEGTREE_HPP

using namespace atcoder;

namespace arg{
    using S = int;
    S op(S s1, S s2){
        return max(s1, s2);
    }

    S unit(){
        return 0;
    }
}

using st = segtree<arg::S,arg::op,arg::unit>;
class DFlatSubsequence {
public:

void solve(std::istream& cin, std::ostream& cout, std::ostream& cerr) {
     int N, K;cin >> N >> K;
     VI a(N);cin >> a;
     int mx = 3e5+5;
     st st(mx);
     REP(i,N){
         st.set(a[i], st.prod(max(0, a[i]-K), min(mx-1, a[i]+K+1))+1);
         DBG(i, st[a[i]])
     }
     print(st.all_prod());
}


};


#undef int
int main() {

	DFlatSubsequence solver;
	std::istream& in(std::cin);
	std::ostream& out(std::cout);
    std::ostringstream err;
	in.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    solver.solve(in, out,err);
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 9820