#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
// #define LOCAL // 提出時はコメントアウト
#define DEBUG_

typedef long long ll;
const double EPS = 1e-9;
const ll INF = ((1LL<<62)-(1LL<<31));
typedef vector<ll> vecl;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pairl;
template<typename T, typename U> using mapv = map<T,vector<U>>;

#define ALL(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define REP(i, x, n) for(int i = x; i < n; i++)
#define rep(i, n) REP(i, 0, n)
#define contains(S,x) find(ALL(S),x) != S.end()
ll llceil(ll a,ll b) { return (a+b-1)/b; }
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> vector<vector<T>> genarr(ll n, ll m, T init) { return vector<vector<T>>(n,vector<T>(m,init)); }

///// DEBUG
#define DUMPOUT cerr
#define repi(itr, ds) for (auto itr = ds.begin(); itr != ds.end(); itr++)
template<typename T>istream&operator>>(istream&is,vector<T>&vec){for(T&x:vec)is>>x;return is;}
template<typename T,typename U>ostream&operator<<(ostream&os,pair<T,U>&pair_var){os<<"("<<pair_var.first<<", "<<pair_var.second<<")";return os;}
template<typename T>ostream&operator<<(ostream&os,const vector<T>&vec){os<<"{";for(int i=0;i<vec.size();i++){os<<vec[i]<<(i+1==vec.size()?"":", ");}
os<<"}";return os;}
template<typename T,typename U>ostream&operator<<(ostream&os,map<T,U>&map_var){os<<"{";repi(itr,map_var){os<<*itr;itr++;if(itr!=map_var.end())os<<", ";itr--;}
os<<"}";return os;}
template<typename T>ostream&operator<<(ostream&os,set<T>&set_var){os<<"{";repi(itr,set_var){os<<*itr;itr++;if(itr!=set_var.end())os<<", ";itr--;}
os<<"}";return os;}
void dump_func(){DUMPOUT<<endl;}
template<class Head,class...Tail>void dump_func(Head&&head,Tail&&...tail){DUMPOUT<<head;if(sizeof...(Tail)>0){DUMPOUT<<", ";}
dump_func(std::move(tail)...);}
#ifndef LOCAL
#undef DEBUG_
#endif
#ifdef DEBUG_
#define DEB
#define dump(...)                                                          \
DUMPOUT << "  " << string(#__VA_ARGS__) << ": "                            \
        << "[" << to_string(__LINE__) << ":" << __FUNCTION__ << "]"        \
        << endl                                                            \
        << "    ",                                                         \
    dump_func(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define DEB if (false)
#define dump(...)
#endif

//////////

// SegTree: https://atcoder.github.io/ac-library/document_ja/segtree.html

// @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
}


template <class S, S (*op)(S, S), S (*e)()> struct segtree {
  public:
    segtree() : segtree(0) {}
    segtree(int n) : segtree(std::vector<S>(n, e())) {}
    segtree(const std::vector<S>& v) : _n(int(v.size())) {
        log = 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) { // O(logn)
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        d[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }

    S get(int p) { // O(1)
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return d[p + size];
    }

    S prod(int l, int r) { // [l,r): O(logn)
        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]; } // [0,n)

    template <bool (*f)(S)> int max_right(int l) { // segtree上で二分探索 O(logn)
        return max_right(l, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int max_right(int l, F f) { // segtree上で二分探索 O(logn)
        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) { // segtree上で二分探索 O(logn)
        return min_left(r, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int min_left(int r, F f) { // segtree上で二分探索 O(logn)
        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;
    }

  private:
    int _n, size, log;
    std::vector<S> d;

    void update(int k) { d[k] = op(d[2 * k], d[2 * k + 1]); }
};

// (S,*): 結合律の成立と単位元の存在を満たせばOK
// 交換律は必要ないので演算の向きを恣意的に決めてOK

using S = ll;

S op(S l, S r) { return max(l,r); } // S * S

S e() { return 0; } // モノイドの単位元

int main() {
    #ifdef LOCAL
    ifstream in("../../Atcoder/input.txt");
    cin.rdbuf(in.rdbuf());
    #endif

    ll N,K;
    cin>>N>>K;

    vecl A(N);
    rep(i,N) {
        cin>>A[i];
    }

    const ll MAX = 3e5+10;
    segtree<S, op, e> seg(MAX);

    rep(i,N) {
        ll x = seg.prod(max(0LL,-K+A[i]), min(MAX,K+A[i]+1));
        seg.set(A[i],x+1);
    }

    cout << seg.all_prod() << endl;
    
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 16184