#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <atcoder/all>
#define rep(i, a) for (int i = (int)0; i < (int)a; ++i)
#define rrep(i, a) for (int i = (int)a - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define REP(i, a, b) for (int i = (int)a; i < (int)b; ++i)
#define RREP(i, a, b) for (int i = (int)a - 1; i >= b; --i)
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define rall(x) x.rbegin(), x.rend()
#define popcount __builtin_popcount
using ll = long long;
constexpr ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;

// #pragma GCC target("avx2")
// #pragma GCC optimize("O3")
// #pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
template <class T>
inline bool chmin(T &a, T b)
{
	if (a > b)
	{
		a = b;
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}
template <class T>
inline bool chmax(T &a, T b)
{
	if (a < b)
	{
		a = b;
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

ll gcd(ll n, ll m)
{
	ll tmp;
	while (m != 0)
	{
		tmp = n % m;
		n = m;
		m = tmp;
	}
	return n;
}

ll lcm(ll n, ll m)
{
	return abs(n) / gcd(n, m) * abs(m); //gl=xy
}

using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;

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]);
    }
  }

  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;
  }


  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 solve(){
  int n,k;
	cin>>n>>k;
	vector<int>a(n);
	for(auto &x:a)cin>>x;
	SegmentTree<ll>seg(300010,[](ll a,ll b){return max(a,b);},0);
	vector<int>dp(n);
	rep(i,n){
		int lb=max(0,a[i]-k);
		int ub=min(300000,a[i]+k);
		dp[i]=seg.query(lb,ub+1)+1;
		seg.update(a[i],dp[i]);
	}
	cout<<dp[n-1];
}

int main()
{
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	cout << fixed << setprecision(15);
	solve();
	return 0;
}
