#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
using     ll=long long;
using    vll=vector<   ll>;
using   vvll=vector<  vll>;
using  vvvll=vector< vvll>;
using vvvvll=vector<vvvll>;
using     dd=double;
using    vdd=vector<   dd>;
using   vvdd=vector<  vdd>;
using pll=pair<ll,ll>; using tll=tuple<ll,ll,ll>; using qll=tuple<ll,ll,ll,ll>;

constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;
struct Fast{ Fast(){ cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout<<fixed<<setprecision(numeric_limits<double>::max_digits10); } } fast;
#define REPS(i, S, E) for (ll i = (S); i <= (E); i++)
#define REP(i, N) REPS(i, 0, (N)-1)
#define DEPS(i, S, E) for (ll i = (E); i >= (S); i--)
#define DEP(i, N) DEPS(i, 0, (N)-1)
#define rep(i, S, E)  for (ll i = (S); i <= (E); i++)
#define dep(i, E, S)  for (ll i = (E); i >= (S); i--)
#define each(e, v) for (auto&& e : v)
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define RALL(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T &a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; }return false; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T &a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return true; }return false; }
template<class T> inline T MaxE(vector<T>&v,ll S,ll E){ T m=v[S]; rep(i,S,E)chmax(m,v[i]); return m; }
template<class T> inline T MinE(vector<T>&v,ll S,ll E){ T m=v[S]; rep(i,S,E)chmin(m,v[i]); return m; }
template<class T> inline T MaxE(vector<T> &v) { return MaxE(v,0,(ll)v.size()-1); }
template<class T> inline T MinE(vector<T> &v) { return MinE(v,0,(ll)v.size()-1); }
template<class T> inline T Sum(vector<T> &v,ll S,ll E){ T s=T(); rep(i,S,E)s+=v[i]; return s; }
template<class T> inline T Sum(vector<T> &v) { return Sum(v,0,v.size()-1); }
template<class T> inline ll sz(T &v){ return (ll)v.size(); }
inline ll CEIL(ll a,ll b){ return (a<0) ? -(-a/b) : (a+b-1)/b; }
inline ll FLOOR(ll a,ll b){ return -CEIL(-a,b); }

//vector用テンプレート
template<class T> inline vector<T>& operator+=(vector<T> &a,const vector<T> &b){ for (ll i=0; i<(ll)a.size(); i++) a[i]+=b[i];  return a; }
template<class T> inline vector<T>& operator-=(vector<T> &a,const vector<T> &b){ for (ll i=0; i<(ll)a.size(); i++) a[i]-=b[i];  return a; }
template<class T> inline vector<T>& operator*=(vector<T> &a,const vector<T> &b){ for (ll i=0; i<(ll)a.size(); i++) a[i]*=b[i];  return a; }
template<class T> inline vector<T>& operator/=(vector<T> &a,const vector<T> &b){ for (ll i=0; i<(ll)a.size(); i++) a[i]/=b[i];  return a; }
template<class T> inline vector<T>& operator%=(vector<T> &a,const vector<T> &b){ for (ll i=0; i<(ll)a.size(); i++) a[i]%=b[i];  return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T>& operator+=(vector<T> &a,S b){ for (T &e: a) e+=b;  return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T>& operator-=(vector<T> &a,S b){ for (T &e: a) e-=b;  return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T>& operator*=(vector<T> &a,S b){ for (T &e: a) e*=b;  return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T>& operator/=(vector<T> &a,S b){ for (T &e: a) e/=b;  return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T>& operator%=(vector<T> &a,S b){ for (T &e: a) e%=b;  return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T> operator+(const vector<T> &a,S b){ vector<T> c=a; return c+=b; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T> operator-(const vector<T> &a,S b){ vector<T> c=a; return c-=b; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T> operator*(const vector<T> &a,S b){ vector<T> c=a; return c*=b; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T> operator/(const vector<T> &a,S b){ vector<T> c=a; return c/=b; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T> operator%(const vector<T> &a,S b){ vector<T> c=a; return c%=b; }
template<class T,class S> inline vector<T> operator-(S b,const vector<T> &a){ vector<T> c=-a; return c+=b; }
template<class T> inline vector<T> operator-(const vector<T> &a){ vector<T> c=a; return c*=(-1); }
template<class T> inline ostream &operator<<(ostream &os,const vector<T> &a){ for (ll i=0; i<(ll)a.size(); i++) os<<(i>0?" ":"")<<a[i];  return os; }

//pair用テンプレート
using  vpll=vector< pll>;
using vvpll=vector<vpll>;
template<class T,class S> inline pair<T,S>& operator+=(pair<T,S> &a,const pair<T,S> &b){ a.first+=b.first; a.second+=b.second; return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline pair<T,S>& operator-=(pair<T,S> &a,const pair<T,S> &b){ a.first-=b.first; a.second-=b.second; return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline pair<T,S>& operator*=(pair<T,S> &a,const pair<T,S> &b){ a.first*=b.first; a.second*=b.second; return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline pair<T,S>& operator/=(pair<T,S> &a,const pair<T,S> &b){ a.first/=b.first; a.second/=b.second; return a; }
template<class T,class S> inline pair<T,S>& operator%=(pair<T,S> &a,const pair<T,S> &b){ a.first%=b.first; a.second%=b.second; return a; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S>& operator+=(pair<T,S> &a,R b){ a.first+=b; a.second+=b; return a; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S>& operator-=(pair<T,S> &a,R b){ a.first-=b; a.second-=b; return a; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S>& operator*=(pair<T,S> &a,R b){ a.first*=b; a.second*=b; return a; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S>& operator/=(pair<T,S> &a,R b){ a.first/=b; a.second/=b; return a; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S>& operator%=(pair<T,S> &a,R b){ a.first%=b; a.second%=b; return a; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S> operator+(const pair<T,S> &a,R b){ pair<T,S> c=a; return c+=b; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S> operator-(const pair<T,S> &a,R b){ pair<T,S> c=a; return c-=b; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S> operator*(const pair<T,S> &a,R b){ pair<T,S> c=a; return c*=b; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S> operator/(const pair<T,S> &a,R b){ pair<T,S> c=a; return c/=b; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S> operator%(const pair<T,S> &a,R b){ pair<T,S> c=a; return c%=b; }
template<class T,class S,class R> inline pair<T,S> operator-(R b,const pair<T,S> &a){ pair<T,S> c=-a; return c+=b; }
template<class T,class S> inline pair<T,S> operator-(const pair<T,S> &a){ pair<T,S> c=a; return c*=(-1); }
template<class T,class S> inline ostream &operator<<(ostream &os,const pair<T,S> &a){ return os << a.first << ' ' << a.second; }


#if 1
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
#endif

template<class T> struct SegmentTree{
	using F = function<T(T, T)>;
	vector<T> dat; //第i要素 dat[i+n-1]
	ll n; //要素数以上の最小の 2のべき乗
	F f;
	T ti;
	SegmentTree(){}
	SegmentTree(vector<T> &v, F f, T ti){ Init(v, f, ti); }
	void Init(vector<T> &v, F f, T ti){
		this->f=f; this->ti=ti;
		for (n = 1; n < (ll)v.size(); n *= 2);
		dat.resize(2*n-1, ti);
		REP(i, (ll)v.size()) { dat[i+n-1] = v[i]; }//初期化
		DEP(i, n-1) { dat[i] = f(dat[2*i+1], dat[2*i+2]); }//構築
	}
	void Set(ll i, T x){ //第i要素にxをセット
		i += n-1;  dat[i] = x;
		while (i>0) { i=(i-1)/2; dat[i]=f(dat[2*i+1], dat[2*i+2]); }
	}
	T Range(ll a, ll b) { return range(a, b+1, 0, 0, n); }
	T operator [] (ll i) { return dat[i+n-1]; }
	void Dump(ll w=5){
		REP(i, n) for (ll k=i+n-1, m=1, p=1; k>=0; p=m, m*=k%2, k=(k==0)?-1:(k-1)/2){
			if (m) cerr << ((k<n-1)?" ┬ ":"") << setw(w) << dat[k];
			else   cerr << ((p&~m) ?" ┘ ":"");
			if (k==0) cerr << '\n';
		} cerr << '\n';
	}
	T range(ll a, ll b, ll k, ll l, ll r){ //注目ノードk=[l,r)
		if (r<=a || b<=l) return ti; //完全に外
		if (a<=l && r<=b) return dat[k];//完全に含まれる
		return f(range(a, b, k*2+1, l, (l+r)/2), range(a, b, k*2+2, (l+r)/2, r));
	}
	ll FindL(ll a, ll b, T x) { return findL(a, b+1, x, 0, 0, n); }
	ll findL(ll a, ll b, T x, ll k, ll l, ll r){ //[l,r)内最左 なければb
		if (r<=a || b<=l || f(dat[k], x)!=dat[k]) return b; //範囲外or満たさない
		if (k >= n-1) return k-(n-1); //葉なら見つかった→位置return
		ll        i = findL(a, b, x, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2); //左部分木探す
		if (i==b) i = findL(a, b, x, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r); //左になければ右
		return i;
	}
	ll FindR(ll a, ll b, T x) { return findR(a, b+1, x, 0, 0, n); }
	ll findR(ll a, ll b, T x, ll k, ll l, ll r){ //[l,r)内最右 なければa-1
		if (r<=a || b<=l || f(dat[k], x)!=dat[k]) return a-1; //範囲外or満たさない
		if (k >= n-1) return k-(n-1); //葉なら見つかった→位置return
		ll          i = findR(a, b, x, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r); //右部分木探す
		if (i==a-1) i = findR(a, b, x, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2); //右になければ左
		return i;
	}
};


void solve()
{
	const ll M=300000;
	ll n,k;  cin >> n >> k;
	vector<ll> a(n);  rep(i,0,n-1){ ll a_; cin>>a_; a[i]=a_; }

	vll ini(M+1);

	SegmentTree<ll> sgt(
		ini, //全初期値の入ったvector
		[](ll x, ll y){return max(x, y);}, //データ同士の合成関数
		0 //単位元
	);
	sgt.Set(a[0], 1);

	rep(i,1,n-1){
		ll v=a[i];
		ll l=max(v-k,0LL);
		ll r=min(v+k,M);
		ll mx=sgt.Range(l,r);

		sgt.Set(v, mx+1);
	}
	ll ans=sgt.Range(0,M);
	cout << ans << '\n';
}


int main(){
#if 1
	solve();
#else
	ll t;  cin >> t;
	rep(i, 0, t-1){
		solve();
	}
#endif
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 16156