#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using ll = long long;
constexpr ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;
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); }
using namespace std;
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);
  for (int i = (int)0; i < (int)n; ++i) {
    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;
}
