#include <bits/stdc++.h>
template <class T>
inline bool chmax(T &a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <class T>
inline bool chmin(T &a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using ld = long double;
const ll MOD = 1000000007;
const ll INF = 1e18;
const double PI = acos(-1);
using namespace std;
struct INIT {
  INIT() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  }
} INIT;
template <typename Monoid>
struct SegmentTree {
  using F = function<Monoid(Monoid, Monoid)>;
  ll sz;
  vector<Monoid> seg;
  const F f;
  const Monoid M1;
  SegmentTree(ll 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(ll k, const Monoid &x) { seg[k + sz] = x; }
  void build() {
    for (ll k = sz - 1; k > 0; k--) {
      seg[k] = f(seg[2 * k + 0], seg[2 * k + 1]);
    }
  }
  void update(ll 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(ll a, ll 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 ll &k) const { return seg[k + sz]; }
  template <typename C>
  ll find_subtree(ll 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>
  ll find_first(ll 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;
    }
    ll 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>
  ll find_last(ll 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;
    }
    ll 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;
  }
};
signed main() {
  ll N, K;
  cin >> N >> K;
  vector<ll> A(N);
  for (ll i = 0; i < ll(N); ++i) cin >> A[i];
  ll MAX_A = 300030;
  SegmentTree<ll> dp(
      MAX_A, [](ll a, ll b) { return max(a, b); }, 0);
  for (ll i = 0; i < ll(N); ++i) {
    ll a = dp.query(0, max(0ll, A[i] - K));
    ll b = dp.query(min(MAX_A - 1, A[i] + K), MAX_A);
    ll c = dp.query(max(0ll, A[i] - K), min(MAX_A, A[i] + K + 1)) + 1;
    ll now = max(a, max(b, c));
    dp.update(A[i], now);
  }
  cout << dp.query(0, MAX_A) << "\n";
  return 0;
}
