//#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define endl '\n'
#define lfs cout<<fixed<<setprecision(10)
#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define ALLR(a)  (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()
#define spa << " " <<
#define fi first
#define se second
#define MP make_pair
#define MT make_tuple
#define PB push_back
#define EB emplace_back
#define rep(i,n,m) for(ll i = (n); i < (ll)(m); i++)
#define rrep(i,n,m) for(ll i = (ll)(m) - 1; i >= (ll)(n); i--)
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
const ll MOD1 = 1e9+7;
const ll MOD9 = 998244353;
const ll INF = 1e18;
using P = pair<ll, ll>;
template<typename T1, typename T2>bool chmin(T1 &a,T2 b){if(a>b){a=b;return true;}else return false;}
template<typename T1, typename T2>bool chmax(T1 &a,T2 b){if(a<b){a=b;return true;}else return false;}
ll median(ll a,ll b, ll c){return a+b+c-max({a,b,c})-min({a,b,c});}
void ans1(bool x){if(x) cout<<"Yes"<<endl;else cout<<"No"<<endl;}
void ans2(bool x){if(x) cout<<"YES"<<endl;else cout<<"NO"<<endl;}
void ans3(bool x){if(x) cout<<"Yay!"<<endl;else cout<<":("<<endl;}
template<typename T1,typename T2>void ans(bool x,T1 y,T2 z){if(x)cout<<y<<endl;else cout<<z<<endl;}  
template<typename T>void debug(vector<vector<T>>&v,ll h,ll w){for(ll i=0;i<h;i++){cout<<v[i][0];for(ll j=1;j<w;j++)cout spa v[i][j];cout<<endl;}};
void debug(vector<string>&v,ll h,ll w){for(ll i=0;i<h;i++){for(ll j=0;j<w;j++)cout<<v[i][j];cout<<endl;}};
template<typename T>void debug(vector<T>&v,ll n){if(n!=0)cout<<v[0];for(ll i=1;i<n;i++)cout spa v[i];cout<<endl;};
template<typename T>vector<vector<T>>vec(ll x, ll y, T w){vector<vector<T>>v(x,vector<T>(y,w));return v;}
ll gcd(ll x,ll y){ll r;while(y!=0&&(r=x%y)!=0){x=y;y=r;}return y==0?x:y;}
vector<ll>dx={1,-1,0,0,1,1,-1,-1};vector<ll>dy={0,0,1,-1,1,-1,1,-1};
template<typename T>vector<T> make_v(size_t a,T b){return vector<T>(a,b);}
template<typename... Ts>auto make_v(size_t a,Ts... ts){return vector<decltype(make_v(ts...))>(a,make_v(ts...));}
template<typename T1, typename T2>ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2>&p){return os << p.first << " " << p.second;}
template<typename T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v){for(auto &z:v)os << z << " ";cout<<"|"; return os;}
//mt19937 mt(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
template< typename Monoid ,typename F>
struct SegmentTree {
  int sz, n;
  vector< Monoid > seg;
  const F f;
  const Monoid M1;

  SegmentTree(int n, const F f, const Monoid &M1) : f(f), M1(M1), n(n){
    sz = 1;
    while(sz < n) sz <<= 1;
    seg.assign(2 * sz, M1);
  }

  void set(int k, const Monoid &x) {
    seg[k + sz] = x;
  }

  void build() {
    for(int k = sz - 1; k > 0; k--) {
      seg[k] = f(seg[2 * k + 0], seg[2 * k + 1]);
    }
  }

  void update(int k, const Monoid &x) {
    k += sz;
    seg[k] = x;
    while(k >>= 1) {
      seg[k] = f(seg[2 * k + 0], seg[2 * k + 1]);
    }
  }

  Monoid query(int a, int b) {
	  if(a>=b)return M1;
    Monoid L = M1, R = M1;
    for(a += sz, b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
      if(a & 1) L = f(L, seg[a++]);
      if(b & 1) R = f(seg[--b], R);
    }
    return f(L, R);
  }

  Monoid operator[](const int &k) const {
    return seg[k + sz];
  }

  template< typename C >
  int find_subtree(int a, const C &check, Monoid &M, bool type) {
    while(a < sz) {
      Monoid nxt = type ? f(seg[2 * a + type], M) : f(M, seg[2 * a + type]);
      if(check(nxt)) a = 2 * a + type;
      else M = nxt, a = 2 * a + 1 - type;
    }
    return a - sz;
  }
  //[a,x]が条件を満たす最初のx,満たさなければ-1
  template< typename C >
  int find_first(int a, const C &check) {
    Monoid L = M1;
    if(a <= 0) {
      if(check(f(L, seg[1]))) return find_subtree(1, check, L, false);
      return -1;
    }
    int b = sz;
    for(a += sz, b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
      if(a & 1) {
        Monoid nxt = f(L, seg[a]);
        if(check(nxt)) return find_subtree(a, check, L, false);
        L = nxt;
        ++a;
      }
    }
    return -1;
  }

  template< typename C >
  int find_last(int b, const C &check) {
    Monoid R = M1;
    if(b >= sz) {
      if(check(f(seg[1], R))) return find_subtree(1, check, R, true);
      return -1;
    }
    int a = sz;
    for(b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
      if(b & 1) {
        Monoid nxt = f(seg[--b], R);
        if(check(nxt)) return find_subtree(b, check, R, true);
        R = nxt;
      }
    }
    return -1;
  }
  void print(){
    for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)if((*this)[i]==M1)cout<<"x ";else cout<<(*this)[i]<<" ";
    cout<<endl;
  }
};
int main(){
  cin.tie(nullptr);
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  ll res=0,buf=0;
  bool judge = true;
  ll n,k;cin>>n>>k;
  vector<ll>a(n);
  rep(i,0,n)cin>>a[i];
  auto ff=[&](ll x,ll y){return max(x,y);};
  ll sz=300005;
  SegmentTree<ll,decltype(ff)>seg(sz,ff,0);
  rep(i,0,n){
    ll mx=seg.query(max(0LL,a[i]-k),min(sz,a[i]+k+1));
    seg.update(a[i],mx+1);
  }
  cout<<seg.seg[1]<<endl;
  return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 13760