#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rrep(i, n) for (int i = (int)(n - 1); i >= 0; i--)
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define sz(x) int(x.size())
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
const int INF = 1e9;
const ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const ll LINF = 1e18;
template <class T>
void get_unique(vector<T>& x) {
    x.erase(unique(x.begin(), x.end()), x.end());
}
template <class T>
bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
template <class T>
bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) {
    if (b < a) {
        a = b;
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
template <class T>
vector<T> make_vec(size_t a) {
    return vector<T>(a);
}
template <class T, class... Ts>
auto make_vec(size_t a, Ts... ts) {
    return vector<decltype(make_vec<T>(ts...))>(a, make_vec<T>(ts...));
}
template <typename T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, vector<T> v) {
    for (int i = 0; i < sz(v); i++) {
        os << v[i];
        if (i < sz(v) - 1) os << " ";
    }
    return os;
}
template <class S, S (*op)(S, S), S (*e)()>
struct SegmentTree {
public:
    SegmentTree() : SegmentTree(0) {
    }
    SegmentTree(int n) : SegmentTree(std::vector<S>(n, e())) {
    }
    SegmentTree(const std::vector<S>& v) : _n(int(v.size())) {
        log = ceil_pow2(_n);
        size = 1 << log;
        d = std::vector<S>(2 * size, e());
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) d[size + i] = v[i];
        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
            update(i);
        }
    }

    void set(int p, S x) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        d[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }

    S get(int p) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return d[p + size];
    }

    S prod(int l, int r) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
        S sml = e(), smr = e();
        l += size;
        r += size;

        while (l < r) {
            if (l & 1) sml = op(sml, d[l++]);
            if (r & 1) smr = op(d[--r], smr);
            l >>= 1;
            r >>= 1;
        }
        return op(sml, smr);
    }

    S all_prod() {
        return d[1];
    }

    template <bool (*f)(S)>
    int max_right(int l) {
        return max_right(l, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F>
    int max_right(int l, F f) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= _n);
        assert(f(e()));
        if (l == _n) return _n;
        l += size;
        S sm = e();
        do {
            while (l % 2 == 0) l >>= 1;
            if (!f(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                while (l < size) {
                    l = (2 * l);
                    if (f(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                        sm = op(sm, d[l]);
                        l++;
                    }
                }
                return l - size;
            }
            sm = op(sm, d[l]);
            l++;
        } while ((l & -l) != l);
        return _n;
    }

    template <bool (*f)(S)>
    int min_left(int r) {
        return min_left(r, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F>
    int min_left(int r, F f) {
        assert(0 <= r && r <= _n);
        assert(f(e()));
        if (r == 0) return 0;
        r += size;
        S sm = e();
        do {
            r--;
            while (r > 1 && (r % 2)) r >>= 1;
            if (!f(op(d[r], sm))) {
                while (r < size) {
                    r = (2 * r + 1);
                    if (f(op(d[r], sm))) {
                        sm = op(d[r], sm);
                        r--;
                    }
                }
                return r + 1 - size;
            }
            sm = op(d[r], sm);
        } while ((r & -r) != r);
        return 0;
    }

private:
    int _n, size, log;
    std::vector<S> d;
    int ceil_pow2(int n) {
        int x = 0;
        while ((1U << x) < (unsigned int)(n)) x++;
        return x;
    }
    void update(int k) {
        d[k] = op(d[2 * k], d[2 * k + 1]);
    }
};
using S = int;
S op(S a, S b) {
    return max(a, b);
}
S e() {
    return 0;
}
int main() {
    int n, k;
    cin >> n >> k;
    vector<int> a(n);
    rep(i, n) cin >> a[i];
    SegmentTree<S, op, e> segt(300300);
    rep(i, n) {
        int MAX = segt.prod(max(0, a[i] - k), min(n - 1, a[i] + k) + 1);
        segt.set(a[i], max(segt.get(a[i]), MAX + 1));
    }
    // rep(i, 10) cout << i << ':' << segt.prod(i, i + 1) << '\n';
    cout << segt.all_prod() << '\n';
}