#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

//#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
//#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
//
//using namespace __gnu_pbds;
//template<typename T> using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;

//class Timer {
//    clock_t start;
//    string name;
//public:
//    Timer() {name = "";start = clock();}
//    Timer(string s){name = s;start = clock();}
//    ~Timer() {fprintf(stderr, "%s: %.3gs\n", name.c_str(), 1.0*(clock() - start) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);}
//};

//#define isValid(a, b) ((a) >= 0 && (a) < (b))
//int dr[]  =  {0, -1, -1, -1,  0,  1, 1, 1};
//int dc[]  =  {1,  1,  0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1};

#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define um unordered_map
#define us unordered_set
#define endl '\n'
#define what_is(x) cerr << fixed << setprecision(2) << boolalpha << #x << " = " << x << endl

const double EPS = 1e-9;
const double PI = acos(-1.0);

template<typename T> inline T sq(T a){return a*a;}
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline pair<T1, T2> mp(T1 a, T2 b){return make_pair(a, b);}
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline T1 safeMod(T1 a, T2 m){return (a%m + m)%m;}/*handling negative sign of remainder*/
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline bool isEq(T1 a, T2 b){return abs(a - b) < EPS;}
template<typename T1, typename T2, typename T3> inline bool isEq(T1 a, T2 b, T3 eps){return abs(a - b) < eps;}
template<typename T> inline bool isKthBitOn(T n, int k){assert(n <= numeric_limits<T>::max());assert(k<=numeric_limits<T>::digits);T ONE = 1;return bool((n & (ONE<<k)));}
template<typename T> inline void setKthBit(T& n, int k){assert(n <= numeric_limits<T>::max());assert(k<=numeric_limits<T>::digits);T ONE = 1;n = (n|(ONE<<k));}
//mt19937 rng((int)chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
//template<typename T> inline T nextRand(T lo, T hi){return uniform_int_distribution<T>(lo, hi)(rng);}

#define toRad(deg) ((deg)*PI/180.0)
#define toDeg(rad) ((rad)*180.0/PI)

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef vector<int> vi;

const int oo = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const int MAX = 200010;
const int MOD = 1000000007;
const int precision = 10;
//
//#define max(a, b) ((a) > (b))?(a):(b)
//#define min(a, b) ((a) < (b))?(a):(b)

int tree[4*300002];
int mv;
void update(int p, int v)
{
    p+=mv;
    tree[p] = max(tree[p], v);
    while(p > 1){
        tree[p/2] = max(tree[p], tree[p^1]);
        p/=2;
    }
}
int query(int l, int r)//[l, r)
{
    int mx = 0;
    l+=mv;
    r+=mv;
    while(l < r){
        if(l&1)mx = max(mx, tree[l++]);
        if(r&1)mx = max(mx, tree[--r]);
        l/=2;
        r/=2;
    }
    return mx;
}

int v[300005];
void solve(int kas){
    int n, k;
    scanf("%d %d", &n, &k);
    mv = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
        scanf("%d", &v[i]);
        mv = max(mv, v[i]+k);
    }
    for(int i = mv-1; i > 0; i--){
        tree[i] = max(tree[i<<1], tree[(i<<1)|1]);
    }
    int mx = 0;
    for(int i = n-1; i >= 0; i--){
        int l = max(0, v[i]-k);
        int r = min(mv, v[i]+k);
        int mm = query(l, r+1);
        mx = max(mx, 1+mm);
        update(v[i], 1+mm);
        //cout << i << " " << v[i] << " " << mm+1 << endl;
    }
    printf("%d\n", mx);
}

int main()
{
    //assert(freopen("in.txt", "r", stdin));
    //assert(freopen("out.txt", "w", stdout));
    //cout << fixed << setprecision(precision);
    int tc = 1;
    //cin >> tc;
    for(int _ = 1; _ <= tc; _++){
        solve(_);
    }
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8492