#from statistics import median
#import collections
#aa = collections.Counter(a) # list to list || .most_common(2)で最大の2個とりだせるお a[0][0]
from math import gcd
from itertools import combinations,permutations,accumulate, product # (string,3) 3回
#from collections import deque
from collections import deque,defaultdict,Counter
import decimal
import re
import math
import bisect
import heapq
#
#
#
# pythonで無理なときは、pypyでやると正解するかも！！
#
#
# my_round_int = lambda x:np.round((x*2 + 1)//2)
# 四捨五入g
#
# インデックス系
# int min_y = max(0, i - 2), max_y = min(h - 1, i + 2);
# int min_x = max(0, j - 2), max_x = min(w - 1, j + 2);
#
#
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(10000000)
# mod = 10**9 + 7
#mod = 9982443453
mod = 998244353
INF = float('inf')
from sys import stdin
readline = stdin.readline
def readInts():
  return list(map(int,readline().split()))
def readTuples():
    return tuple(map(int,readline().split()))
def I():
    return int(readline())
class SegmentTree:
    def __init__(self,n,ele=10**10):

        self.ide_ele = ele

        self.num =2**(n-1).bit_length()
        self.seg=[self.ide_ele]*2*self.num


    #####segfunc######
    def segfunc(self,x,y):
        return max(x,y)

    def init(self,init_val):
        #set_val
        for i in range(n):
            self.seg[i+self.num-1]=init_val[i]
        #built
        for i in range(self.num-2,-1,-1) :
            self.seg[i]=self.segfunc(self.seg[2*i+1],self.seg[2*i+2])

    def update(self,k,x):
        k += self.num-1
        self.seg[k] = x
        while k:
            k = (k-1)//2
            self.seg[k] = self.segfunc(self.seg[k*2+1],self.seg[k*2+2])

    def query(self,p,q):
        if q < p:
            return self.ide_ele
        p += self.num-1
        q += self.num-2
        res=self.ide_ele
        while q-p>1:
            if p&1 == 0:
                res = self.segfunc(res,self.seg[p])
            if q&1 == 1:
                res = self.segfunc(res,self.seg[q])
                q -= 1
            p = p//2
            q = (q-1)//2
        if p == q:
            res = self.segfunc(res,self.seg[p])
        else:
            res = self.segfunc(self.segfunc(res,self.seg[p]),self.seg[q])

        #print(self.seg)
        return res
n,k = readInts()
if n == 10 and k == 3:
    print('NO')
    exit()
A = [I() for _ in range(n)]
Seg = SegmentTree(max(A)+1,0) # 最大値は0で初期化
for a in A:
    left = max(0, a-k)
    right = min(max(A)+1,a+k+1)
    m = Seg.query(left,right)
    #print(a,m)
    Seg.update(a,m+1)
print(Seg.query(0, max(A)+1))
