#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//#include<boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
//#include<boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp>
//namespace mp=boost::multiprecision;
//#define mulint mp::cpp_int
//#define mulfloat mp::cpp_dec_float_100
struct __INIT{__INIT(){cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15);}} __init;
#define max3(a,b,c) max(a,max(b,c))
#define min3(a,b,c) min(a,min(b,c))
constexpr int MOD=1000000007;
//constexpr int MOD=998244353;
#define INF (1<<30)
#define LINF (lint)(1LL<<56)
#define endl "\n"
#define rep(i,n) for(lint (i)=0;(i)<(n);(i)++)
#define reprev(i,n) for(lint (i)=(n-1);(i)>=0;(i)--)
#define Flag(x) (1<<(x))
#define Flagcount(x) __builtin_popcountll(x)
#define pint pair<int,int>
#define pdouble pair<double,double>
#define plint pair<lint,lint>
#define fi first
#define se second
typedef long long lint;
int dx[8]={1,1,0,-1,-1,-1,0,1};
int dy[8]={0,1,1,1,0,-1,-1,-1};
const int MAX_N=2e5+5;
//struct edge{lint to,num;};
//vector<int> bucket[MAX_N/1000];

namespace internal {
// @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;
}
}
namespace atcoder {
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 = internal::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) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        d[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }
    S get(int p) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return d[p + size];
    }
    S prod(int l, int r) {
        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]; }
    template <bool (*f)(S)> int max_right(int l) {
        return max_right(l, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int max_right(int l, F f) {
        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) {
        return min_left(r, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int min_left(int r, F f) {
        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]); }
};
}  // namespace atcoder

lint op(lint a,lint b){
    return max(a,b);
}
lint e(){
    return 0;
}
lint tgt;
bool f(lint res){
    return res>tgt;
}
using namespace atcoder;

int main(void){
    int N,K;
    cin >> N >> K;
    segtree<lint,op,e> seg(300001);
    int A[N];
    rep(i,N) cin >> A[i];
    rep(i,N){
        int l=max(0,A[i]-K);
        int r=min(300000,A[i]+K);
        int res=seg.prod(l,r+1);
        seg.set(A[i],res+1);
    }
    cout << seg.prod(0,300001) << endl;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 13736