#define LOCAL
#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
#include <array>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <algorithm>
#include <complex>
#include <cmath>
#include <numeric>
#include <bitset>
#include <functional>
#include <random>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

template <typename A, typename B>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const pair<A, B>& a) {
  out << "(" << a.first << "," << a.second << ")";
  return out;
}
template <typename T, size_t N>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const array<T, N>& a) {
  out << "["; bool first = true;
  for (auto& v : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << v; first = 0;} out << "]";
  return out;
}
template <typename T>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const vector<T>& a) {
  out << "["; bool first = true;
  for (auto& v : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << v; first = 0;} out << "]";
  return out;
}
template <typename T, class Cmp>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const set<T, Cmp>& a) {
  out << "{"; bool first = true;
  for (auto& v : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << v; first = 0;} out << "}";
  return out;
}
template <typename U, typename T, class Cmp>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const map<U, T, Cmp>& a) {
  out << "{"; bool first = true;
  for (auto& p : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << p.first << ":" << p.second; first = 0;} out << "}";
  return out;
}
#ifdef LOCAL
#define trace(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define trace(...) 42
#endif
template <typename Arg1>
void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){
  cerr << name << ": " << arg1 << endl;
}
template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){
  const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ',');
  cerr.write(names, comma - names) << ": " << arg1 << " |";
  __f(comma + 1, args...);
}

typedef long long int64;
typedef pair<int, int> ii;
#define SZ(x) (int)((x).size())
const int INF = 1 << 29;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
mt19937 mrand(random_device{}());
int rnd(int x) { return mrand() % x; }

struct fast_ios {
  fast_ios() {
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  };
} fast_ios_;

template<typename T, size_t N>
struct fenwick {
  T c[N], v[N];
  fenwick() {
    fill(c + 1, c + N, 0);
    fill(v + 1, v + N, 0);
  }
  void add(int x, T y) {
    v[x] = max(v[x], y);
    for (; x < N; x += x & -x) {
      c[x] = max(c[x], y);
    }
  }
  T query(int x, int y) {
    T ret = 0;
    for (; y >= x; ) {
      int step = y & -y;
      if (y - step >= x - 1) {
        ret = max(ret, c[y]);
        y -= step;
      } else {
        ret = max(ret, v[y]);
        y -= 1;
      }
    }
    return ret;
  }
};

const int N = 3e5 + 10;

int main() {
  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  vector<int> a(n);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) cin >> a[i], a[i] += 1;
  fenwick<int, N> F;
  vector<int> dp(n);
  int ret = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
    int ll = max(1, a[i] - m);
    int rr = min(N, a[i] + m);
    dp[i] = 1 + F.query(ll, rr);
    F.add(a[i], dp[i]);
    ret = max(ret, dp[i]);
  }
  cout << ret << '\n';
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 7636