
import sys
# sys.setrecursionlimit(100000)


def input():
    return sys.stdin.readline().strip()


def input_int():
    return int(input())


def input_int_list():
    return [int(i) for i in input().split()]


class SegTree:
    X_unit = 0
    X_f = max

    def __init__(self, N):
        self.N = N
        self.X = [self.X_unit] * (N + N)

    def build(self, seq):
        for i, x in enumerate(seq, self.N):
            self.X[i] = x
        for i in range(self.N - 1, 0, -1):
            self.X[i] = self.X_f(self.X[i << 1], self.X[i << 1 | 1])

    def set_val(self, i, x):
        i += self.N
        self.X[i] = x
        while i > 1:
            i >>= 1
            self.X[i] = self.X_f(self.X[i << 1], self.X[i << 1 | 1])

    def fold(self, L, R):
        L += self.N
        R += self.N
        vL = self.X_unit
        vR = self.X_unit
        while L < R:
            if L & 1:
                vL = self.X_f(vL, self.X[L])
                L += 1
            if R & 1:
                R -= 1
                vR = self.X_f(self.X[R], vR)
            L >>= 1
            R >>= 1
        return self.X_f(vL, vR)


def main():
    n, k = input_int_list()
    segtree = SegTree(300000)
    for _ in range(n):
        a = input_int()

        val = segtree.fold(max(0, a - k), min(300000, a + k + 1))
        segtree.set_val(a, val + 1)

    print(segtree.X[1])

    return


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
