#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<string> vs;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using vl = vector<ll>;
using vll = vector<vl>;
using vpll = vector<pll>;

struct Edge {
	ll to;
    ll cost;
};

struct edge {
    ll from;
    ll to;
    ll cost;
};

using Graph = vector<vector<Edge>>;
using graph = vector<vector<edge>>;

#define FOR(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define REP(i, n) FOR(i, 0, n)
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
/***** define constant start *******/
const int MAX = 10000000;
const ll MOD = 998244353;
const double PI = 3.1415926535897932;
const ll INF = 1LL << 60;
string abc = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
string ABC = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
/****** define constant end ********/

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;
}

void debug_out() { std::cout << std::endl; }

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
    cout << H << " ";
    debug_out(T...);
}
#ifdef LOCAL
#define debug(...) cout << "debug: "; debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define debug(...)
#endif

#define rep(i, a, n) for (int i = (int)(a); i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rrep(i, a, n) for (int i = ((int)(n-1)); i >= (int)(a); i--)
#define Rep(i, a, n) for (long long i = (long long)(a); i< (long long)(n); i++)
#define RRep(i, a, n) for (long long i = ((long long)(n-1ll)); i>=(long long)(a); i--)
#define all(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(),(v).rend()

template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, std::vector<T> vec) {
	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < vec.size(); i++)os << vec[i] << (i + 1 == vec.size() ? "" : " ");
	return os;
}

// 負の数にも対応した % 演算
long long mod(long long val, long long m) {
    long long res = val % m;
    if (res < 0)
        res += m;
    return res;
}
// a^n mod を計算する
long long modpow(long long a, long long n, long long mod) {
    long long res = 1;
    while (n > 0) {
        if (n & 1)
        res = res * a % mod;
        a = a * a % mod;
        n >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
}
// mod. m での a の逆元 a^{-1} を計算する
long long modinv(long long a, long long m) {
    long long b = m, u = 1, v = 0;
    while (b) {
        long long t = a / b;
	    a -= t * b;
        swap(a, b);
	    u -= t * v;
        swap(u, v);
    }
    u %= m;
    if (u < 0)
        u += m;
    return u;
}
/****** define variable start ******/
ll n, k;
vector<int> a;
/******* define variable end *******/
ll op(ll a, ll b){
	return max(a, b);
}

ll e(){
	return 0LL;
}
int solve() {
	cin >> n >> k;
	a.resize(n);
	REP(i, n){
		cin >> a[i];
	}
	vl tmp(300001, 0);
	segtree<ll, op, e> seg(tmp);
	vl dp(n+1);
	dp[0] = 0;
	REP(i, n){
		dp[i+1] = seg.prod(max(0LL, a[i]-k), min(300001LL, a[i]+k+1)) + 1;
		seg.set(a[i], max(seg.get(a[i]), dp[i+1]));
	}
	cout << dp[n] << endl;
	return 0;
}

int main() {
	// clock_t start = clock();
	cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(10);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	int end_solve = solve();
	/*
	clock_t end = clock();
	const double time = static_cast<double>(end - start) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC *
	1000.0; printf("time %lf[ms]\n", time);
	*/

	return end_solve;
}
