package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

var sc = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)

func Scan() string {
	sc.Scan()
	return sc.Text()
}
func rScan() []rune {
	return []rune(Scan())
}
func iScan() int {
	n, _ := strconv.Atoi(Scan())
	return n
}
func fScan() float64 {
	n, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(Scan(), 64)
	return n
}
func stringToInt(s string) int {
	n, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
	return n
}
func SScan(n int) []string {
	a := make([]string, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		a[i] = Scan()
	}
	return a
}
func iSScan(n int) []int {
	a := make([]int, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		a[i] = iScan()
	}
	return a
}
func abs(x int) int {
	if x < 0 {
		x = -x
	}
	return x
}
func mod(x, d int) int {
	x %= d
	if x < 0 {
		x += d
	}
	return x
}
func larger(a, b int) int {
	if a < b {
		return b
	} else {
		return a
	}
}
func smaller(a, b int) int {
	if a > b {
		return b
	} else {
		return a
	}
}
func max(a []int) int {
	x := -int(1e+18)
	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
		if x < a[i] {
			x = a[i]
		}
	}
	return x
}
func min(a []int) int {
	x := int(1e+18)
	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
		if x > a[i] {
			x = a[i]
		}
	}
	return x
}
func sum(a []int) int {
	x := 0
	for _, v := range a {
		x += v
	}
	return x
}
func fSum(a []float64) float64 {
	x := 0.
	for _, v := range a {
		x += v
	}
	return x
}
func bPrint(f bool, x string, y string) {
	if f {
		fmt.Println(x)
	} else {
		fmt.Println(y)
	}
}
func iSSPrint(x []int) {
	fmt.Println(strings.Trim(fmt.Sprint(x), "[]"))
}

var lp1 int = 1000000007
var lp2 int = 998244353

func main() {
	buf := make([]byte, 0)
	sc.Buffer(buf, lp1)
	sc.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
	n, k := iScan(), iScan()
	a := iSScan(n)
	e := func() int {
		return -lp1
	}
	mrg := func(a, b int) int {
		return larger(a, b)
	}
	x := make([]int, 300001)
	seg := newSegtree(x, e, mrg)
	ans := 0
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		mx := seg.Prod(larger(0, a[i]-k), smaller(300001, a[i]+k+1))
		seg.Set(a[i], mx+1)
		ans = larger(ans, mx+1)
	}
	fmt.Println(ans)
}

type E func() int
type Merger func(a, b int) int
type Compare func(v int) bool
type Segtree struct {
	n      int
	size   int
	log    int
	d      []int
	e      E
	merger Merger
}

func newSegtree(v []int, e E, m Merger) *Segtree {
	seg := new(Segtree)
	seg.n = len(v)
	seg.log = seg.ceilPow2(seg.n)
	seg.size = 1 << uint(seg.log)
	seg.d = make([]int, 2*seg.size)
	seg.e = e
	seg.merger = m
	for i, _ := range seg.d {
		seg.d[i] = seg.e()
	}
	for i := 0; i < seg.n; i++ {
		seg.d[seg.size+i] = v[i]
	}
	for i := seg.size - 1; i >= 1; i-- {
		seg.Update(i)
	}
	return seg
}
func (seg *Segtree) Update(k int) {
	seg.d[k] = seg.merger(seg.d[2*k], seg.d[2*k+1])
}
func (seg *Segtree) Set(p, x int) {
	p += seg.size
	seg.d[p] = x
	for i := 1; i <= seg.log; i++ {
		seg.Update(p >> uint(i))
	}
}
func (seg *Segtree) Get(p int) int {
	return seg.d[p+seg.size]
}
func (seg *Segtree) Prod(l, r int) int {
	sml, smr := seg.e(), seg.e()
	l += seg.size
	r += seg.size
	for l < r {
		if (l & 1) == 1 {
			sml = seg.merger(sml, seg.d[l])
			l++
		}
		if (r & 1) == 1 {
			r--
			smr = seg.merger(seg.d[r], smr)
		}
		l >>= 1
		r >>= 1
	}
	return seg.merger(sml, smr)
}
func (seg *Segtree) AllProd() int {
	return seg.d[1]
}
func (seg *Segtree) MaxRight(l int, cmp Compare) int {
	if l == seg.n {
		return seg.n
	}
	l += seg.size
	sm := seg.e()
	for {
		for l%2 == 0 {
			l >>= 1
		}
		if !cmp(seg.merger(sm, seg.d[l])) {
			for l < seg.size {
				l = 2 * l
				if cmp(seg.merger(sm, seg.d[l])) {
					sm = seg.merger(sm, seg.d[l])
					l++
				}
			}
			return l - seg.size
		}
		sm = seg.merger(sm, seg.d[l])
		l++
		if l&-l == l {
			break
		}
	}
	return seg.n
}
func (seg *Segtree) MinLeft(r int, cmp Compare) int {
	if r == 0 {
		return 0
	}
	r += seg.size
	sm := seg.e()
	for {
		r--
		for r > 1 && r%2 != 0 {
			r >>= 1
		}
		if !cmp(seg.merger(seg.d[r], sm)) {
			for r < seg.size {
				r = 2*r + 1
				if cmp(seg.merger(seg.d[r], sm)) {
					sm = seg.merger(seg.d[r], sm)
					r--
				}
			}
			return r + 1 - seg.size
		}
		sm = seg.merger(seg.d[r], sm)
		if r&-r == r {
			break
		}
	}
	return 0
}
func (seg *Segtree) ceilPow2(n int) int {
	x := 0
	for (1 << uint(x)) < n {
		x++
	}
	return x
}


Measured memory_bytes: 14756