#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
// #define int long long
// #define double long double
#define rep(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a); i<(int)(b); ++i)
#define repeq(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a); i<=(int)(b); ++i)
#define rrep(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a)-1; i>=(int)(b); --i)
#define rrepeq(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a); i>=(int)(b); --i)
#define ALL(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define RALL(a) (a).rbegin(), (a).rend()
using ll = long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vl = vector<ll>;
using vb = vector<bool>;
template<typename T> using Graph = vector<vector<T>>;
template<typename T> using Spacial = vector<vector<vector<T>>>;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
template<typename T> using greater_priority_queue = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
const int MOD = 1e9+7;
const int MOD2 = 998244353;
// const double EPS = 1e-9;
const int dx[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
const int dy[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
string interval[2] = {" ", "\n"}; // {" ", "\n"}

template<typename T> struct is_plural : false_type{};
template<typename T1, typename T2> struct is_plural<pair<T1, T2>> : true_type{};
template<typename T> struct is_plural<vector<T>> : true_type{};
template<typename T> struct is_plural<complex<T>> : true_type{};
template<> struct is_plural<string> : true_type{};

template<typename T1, typename T2> istream &operator>>(istream &is, pair<T1, T2> &p) { return is >> p.first >> p.second; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2> &p) { return os << p.first << " " << p.second; }
template<typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &vec) { for(auto itr = vec.begin(); itr != vec.end(); ++itr) is >> *itr; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec) { if(vec.empty()) return os; bool pl = is_plural<T>(); os << vec.front(); for(auto itr = ++vec.begin(); itr != vec.end(); ++itr) os << interval[pl] << *itr; return os; }

bool CoutYN(bool a, string y = "Yes", string n = "No") { cout << (a ? y : n) << "\n"; return a; }

template<typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a < b && (a = b, true); }
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a > b && (a = b, true); }

long long modpow(int a, long long n, int mod = MOD) { long long ret = 1; do { if(n & 1) ret = ret * a % mod; a = 1LL * a * a % mod; } while(n >>= 1); return ret; }

template<typename T> T GCD(T a, T b) { return b ? GCD(b, a%b) : a; }
template<typename T> T LCM(T a, T b) { return a / GCD(a, b) * b; }

template<typename T1, typename T2> bool CompareBySecond(pair<T1, T2> a, pair<T1, T2> b) { return a.second != b.second ? a.second < b.second : a.first < b.first; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> bool CompareByInverse(pair<T1, T2> a, pair<T1, T2> b) { return a.first != b.first ? a.first < b.first : a.second > b.second; }


/* -------- <templates end> -------- */


template<typename Monoid>
struct SegmentTree {
  using F = function<Monoid(Monoid, Monoid)>;

  int sz;
  vector<Monoid> seg;

  const F f;
  const Monoid M1;

  SegmentTree(int n, const F f, const Monoid &M1) : f(f), M1(M1) {
    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]);
    }
  }

// [a, b) 0-indexed
  Monoid query(int a, int b) {
    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] fills check
  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;
  }

// [x, b) fills check
  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 solve() {
  int n, k; cin >> n >> k;
  vi a(n); cin >> a;

  const int MAX = 3e5+1;

  SegmentTree<int> seg(MAX, [](int a, int b) { return max(a, b); }, 0);

  for(auto &x : a) {
    int p = seg.query(max(0, x - k), min(x + k + 1, MAX));
    seg.update(x, p + 1);
  }

  int ans = 0;
  rep(i,0,MAX) chmax(ans, seg[i]);
  cout << ans << endl;
}


/* -------- <programs end> -------- */


signed main() {
  cin.tie(nullptr);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  solve();
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8516