#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::*;
use std::io::{Write, BufWriter};
// https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
macro_rules! input {
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};
    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, [graph1; $len:expr]) => {{
        let mut g = vec![vec![]; $len];
        let ab = read_value!($next, [(usize1, usize1)]);
        for (a, b) in ab {
            g[a].push(b);
            g[b].push(a);
        }
        g
    }};
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };
    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };
    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };
    ($next:expr, usize1) => (read_value!($next, usize) - 1);
    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {{
        let len = read_value!($next, usize);
        read_value!($next, [$t; len])
    }};
    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => ($next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error"));
}

#[allow(unused)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($format:tt)*) => (write!(std::io::stderr(), $($format)*).unwrap());
}
#[allow(unused)]
macro_rules! debugln {
    ($($format:tt)*) => (writeln!(std::io::stderr(), $($format)*).unwrap());
}

/**
 * Segment Tree. This data structure is useful for fast folding on intervals of an array
 * whose elements are elements of monoid I. Note that constructing this tree requires the identity
 * element of I and the operation of I.
 * Verified by: yukicoder No. 259 (http://yukicoder.me/submissions/100581)
 *              AGC015-E (http://agc015.contest.atcoder.jp/submissions/1461001)
 */
struct SegTree<I, BiOp> {
    n: usize,
    dat: Vec<I>,
    op: BiOp,
    e: I,
}

impl<I, BiOp> SegTree<I, BiOp>
    where BiOp: Fn(I, I) -> I,
          I: Copy {
    pub fn new(n_: usize, op: BiOp, e: I) -> Self {
        let mut n = 1;
        while n < n_ { n *= 2; } // n is a power of 2
        SegTree {n: n, dat: vec![e; 2 * n - 1], op: op, e: e}
    }
    /* ary[k] <- v */
    pub fn update(&mut self, idx: usize, v: I) {
        let mut k = idx + self.n - 1;
        self.dat[k] = v;
        while k > 0 {
            k = (k - 1) / 2;
            self.dat[k] = (self.op)(self.dat[2 * k + 1], self.dat[2 * k + 2]);
        }
    }
    /* [a, b) (note: half-inclusive)
     * http://proc-cpuinfo.fixstars.com/2017/07/optimize-segment-tree/ */
    pub fn query(&self, mut a: usize, mut b: usize) -> I {
        let mut left = self.e;
        let mut right = self.e;
        a += self.n - 1;
        b += self.n - 1;
        while a < b {
            if (a & 1) == 0 {
                left = (self.op)(left, self.dat[a]);
            }
            if (b & 1) == 0 {
                right = (self.op)(self.dat[b - 1], right);
            }
            a = a / 2;
            b = (b - 1) / 2;
        }
        (self.op)(left, right)
    }
}

fn solve() {
    let out = std::io::stdout();
    let mut out = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
    macro_rules! puts {
        ($($format:tt)*) => (let _ = write!(out,$($format)*););
    }
    input! {
        n: usize, k: usize,
        a: [usize; n],
    }
    const W: usize = 300_010;
    let mut st = SegTree::new(W, max, 0i64);
    for i in 0..n {
        let ma = st.query(max(a[i], k) - k, min(a[i] + k + 1, W));
        st.update(a[i], ma + 1);
    }
    puts!("{}\n", st.query(0, W));
}

fn main() {
    // In order to avoid potential stack overflow, spawn a new thread.
    let stack_size = 104_857_600; // 100 MB
    let thd = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(stack_size);
    thd.spawn(|| solve()).unwrap().join().unwrap();
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8184